Position in chronology
SAA 08 134. Full Moon on 13th Day (ABL 0823) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) We ke[pt] watch on the 12th day; on the 13th day the moon and [sun] saw each other. May Nabû and Marduk bless [the king] my lord! (r 1) [From Na]bû'a of Assur.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
UD 12-KÁM / ⸢ma⸣-ṣar-tu ni-⸢ta⸣-[ṣar] / UD 13-KÁM d30 u d[UTU] / [a]-ḫe-iš e-ta-am-⸢ru⸣ / dAG u dAMAR.UTU / [a-na LUGAL] be-lí-ia / [lik]-ru-bu / [ša mna]-⸢bu⸣-u-a / [ša URU].⸢ŠÀ⸣—URU
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 P334576.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334576). 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/P334576/.
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