Position in chronology
SAA 08 135. Full Moon on 14th Day (ABL 0821) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) We kept [wat]ch on the 13th day; [we did not see the moon] and sun, there were [clou]ds. [...] the moon, there were clouds. (7) On the 14th [day] the moon and sun saw each other. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king my lord! (r 4) [From] Nabû'a [of] Assur.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[UD] 13-KÁM / [ma-ṣar]-tu ni-ta-ṣar / [d30 u] dšá-maš / [la né-mur IM].⸢DIRI⸣ šá-kín / [x x x] iš d30 / ⸢IM⸣.DIRI šá-kín / [UD] 14-KÁM d30 u dUTU / [a]-ḫe-iš e-tam-ru / [d]AG ù dAMAR.UTU / [a]-na LUGAL EN-ia / ⸢lik⸣-ru-bu / [ša m]na-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 P334574.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334574). 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/P334574/.
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