Position in chronology
SAA 08 472. New Moon on 30th Day [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If the moon becomes visible [in Tebet (X)] on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour Subartu; a foreigner will rule the Westland. (4) If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: frost; there will be a rumor of an enemy. (6) Tebet (X) means Elam. May the king of all lands be everlasting! (8) [The l]ord of kings gave me orders in the city Kar-Mullissu as follows: "...[......] from [......]" — (r 3) the king did not [......] (r 4) to the king [......] (r 5) (Break) (r 7) [......] the bed [......] ... (r 10) [The king of all lands should] know. (r 11) [From Bel]-upahhir.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237541/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 30 [ina ITI.AB] UD 30-KÁM IGI-ir / SU.BIR₄.KI [LÚ.aḫ]-⸢la⸣-mu-ú KÚ / EME a-ḫi-⸢tum⸣ KUR—MAR.KI i-be-el / 1 30 UD 30-KÁM IGI-ir šu-ru-up-pu-[ú] / GÙ LÚ.KÚR GÁL-ši / ITI.AB KUR.NIM.MA.KI / LUGAL KUR.KUR lu da-ri / ⸢EN⸣ LUGAL-MEŠ ina URU.kar—dNIN.LÍL / ṭè-e-mu il-tak-na-an-ni / um-ma a-šá-[x x x x] / la ŠÀ-bi [x x x x] / LUGAL ul [x x x]+⸢x⸣ / ana LUGAL ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ra / [x x x x x x] / [x x x x] GIŠ.NÁ / [x x x]+⸢x⸣ x-ki-ir / [x x x x]-pu-ra / [LUGAL KUR.KUR lu] i-di / [šá mdEN]—ú-pa-ḫir
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 P237541.
Attribution
Image: BM 099007 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P237541). 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/P237541/.
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