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SAA 08 257. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 035) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day]: reliable [speech]; the land will become happy. (2) [If ......] the harvest of the land will prosper; there will be [......]. (4) [If the moon's horns at its appearance are very poin]ted and are red: [the ruler] ...... his land will submit to him. (6) [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are very pointed: the king of Akkad will weaken the enemy land wherever he goes. (8) [If] the moon's horns at its appearance are pointed and clear: the king of Akkad will rule all lands wherever he turns. (r 2) If the moon is clear at its appearance: A[kka]d…
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P236977/
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Transliteration
[1 30 UD 01-KÁM IGI KA] GI.NA ŠÀ KUR DÙG.GA / [x x x x x x GÍD].DA BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SÁ / [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ GÁL-ši / [1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú SI-MEŠ-šú ud-du]-⸢da⸣-ma SA₅-MEŠ / [NUN] ⸢x x x-ma⸣ / KUR-su GAM-su / [1 30] ina IGI.LAL-šú SI-MEŠ-šú ud-du-da LUGAL URI.KI / e-ma DU-ku KUR KÚR un-na-áš / [1] 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú SI-MEŠ-šú ed-da-ma ZÁLAG-MEŠ / LUGAL URI.KI e-ma pa-nu-šú šak-nu / KUR.KUR EN-el / 1…
Scholarly note
Astrological report from a court scholar to an Assyrian king, edited by Hermann Hunger (SAA 8, 1992). Celestial and meteorological observation correlated with omens. ORACC text P236977.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P236977). source
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P236977/.
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