Position in chronology
SAA 08 520. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136K) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (1) [one ho]rn [meets] the other: [there will be truth in the land, and] the [s]on [will speak the truth] with [his father]. — On the 14th day the moon [is seen together with the sun]. (4) If the moon and sun are in oppos[ition]: the king of the land will widen his understanding; the foundation of the king's throne will [become stable]. — On the 14th day [they] see each other. (r 1) [If the moon] is seen on the 14th day: go[od for Akkad, ba]d for Elam and the Westland. (Rest destroyed)
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P238044/
Why it matters
Transliteration
⸢SI⸣ SI [i-dir ina KUR kit-tú GÁL-ma] / ⸢DUMU⸣ KI [AD-šú kit-tú i-ta-mu] / UD 14-KÁM [d]30 [KI dUTU IGI-ma] / 1 d30 u dUTU šu-ta-[tu-ú] / LUGAL KUR uz-na DAGAL-[áš] / LUGAL SUḪUŠ GIŠ.GU.ZA-šú i-[ka-an] / UD 14-KÁM a-ḫa-meš IGI-[MEŠ-ma] / [1 30] ⸢UD⸣ 14-KÁM IGI-ma ⸢SIG₅⸣ [KUR—URI.KI] / ⸢ḪUL⸣ KUR.NIM.MA.KI u ⸢MAR⸣.[TU.KI]
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 P238044.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238044). 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/P238044/.
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