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SAA 08 383. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo (RMA 107) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [two stars stand in the halo with the moon]: a reign of [long] days. (3) If the sun [stands] in the halo [of the moon: there will be truth in the land], the son [will speak the truth with his father; universal] peace. (6) — The moon was surrounded by a halo [and Saturn stood in it]. (7) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [Mars stands in it]: loss of cattle; in [all lands] cultiva[ted fields] and dates will not prosper; the Westland will diminish. (r 1) If the moon (is surrounded) by a halo, and the Yoke star stands in it: the king will die,…
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237653/
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Transliteration
1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma [02 MUL-MEŠ ina TÙR KI 30 GUB-MEŠ] / BALA UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GÍD.DA-MEŠ] / 1 20 ina TÙR [30 GUB ina KUR kit-tú GÁL] / DUMU it-[ti AD-šú kit-tú i-ta-mi] / sa-lam [kiš-šá-ti] / 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma [MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-ma] / 1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma MUL.[ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ-šú GUB] / ZÁḪ bu-lim ina [KUR DÙ.A].BI me-⸢re⸣-[šú] / u ZÚ.LUM.MA NU SI.SÁ / KUR—MAR.TU.KI TUR-[ir] / ⸢1⸣ 30 TÙR…
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 P237653.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P237653/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237653/.
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