SAA 08 280. Eclipse of the Sun (RMA 181A) [eclipses]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238029

Translation · reference

High confidence

(1) If the sun rises and [its] radiance [is fallen]: weapon [......]. (3) If the sun rises and its left side [...] not [......]. (Break) (r 1) For the king, well-being; for [..., ...]. (r 2) [I have written] the (interpretation of the) eclipse, decision for [......], on a (separate) writing-boa[rd]. (r 4) From Nergal-[eṭir].

Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P238029/

Why it matters

Transliteration

1 20 KUR-ma šá-ru-ru-šú [ma-aq-tú] / GIŠ.TUKUL [x x x] / 1 20 KUR-ma KAB-šú [x x] / ul ⸢il⸣-[x x x x x] / ana LUGAL DI-mu ana ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] / AN.MI EŠ.BAR šá ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] / ina GIŠ.LI.U₅.[UM x x x] / šá mdU.GUR—[KAR-ir]

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 P238029.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238029). 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/P238029/.

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