Position in chronology
SAA 08 386. Saturn Retrograding from Scorpius to Libra (RMA 247A) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Saturn] stands in Libra [in front of Scorp]ius; it will move [from] Libra [into] Scorpius; that is bad [...], (and hence) I am wrinting [to the king] my lord. (7) [The xth day is] an evil day, [...] and catastrophe. (9) [The king my lord] must not go out [of the do]or; let him guard himself [against uprising] and rebellion, [until it] comes out from Sc[orpius]. (r 1) [If] it suits [the king], I will [... send its] interpretation to the king, I will write [...] and [......]. (r 5) May [Bel and Nabû] bless the king my lord. [May the king my lord keep] me alive! (r 7) [...] on my table…
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P238775/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ] ina ŠÀ MUL.zi-ba-ni-tum / [ina pa-an MUL.GÍR].TAB ú-zu-uz-zu* / [ul-tu MUL.zi]-ba-ni-tum / [a-na ŠÀ MUL].GÍR.TAB il-lak / [x x x x] ḪUL šu-ú / [a-na LUGAL] be-lí-ia al-tap-ra / [x x UD x]-KAM* UD ḪUL.GÁL / [x x x x]-tum u ši-ib-ṭu / [LUGAL be-lí] ⸢KÁ*⸣ la uṣ-ṣu / [ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti] šá ra-ma-ni-⸢šú⸣ / [la—pa-an si-ḫi] u ba-ar-ti li-⸢iṣ⸣-[ṣur] / [a-di x x] ul-tu ŠÀ…
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 P238775.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238775). 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/P238775/.
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