Position in chronology
SAA 08 141. Equinox on Nisan 15 (ABL 1429) [calendrical]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) On the 15th of Nisan (I) the day and the night were in balance: [6] 'double-hours' of daylight, 6 ['double-hou]rs' of night. (6) May Nabû (and) [Marduk] bless the king, our lord!
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
UD 15-KÁM ša ITI.BARAG / UD-mu ù mu-ši / šit-qu-lu / [06] KASKAL.GÍD UD-mu / 06 [KASKAL].⸢GÍD⸣ mu-ši / dAG d[AMAR.UTU] a-na LUGAL / be-lí-i-ni / lik-ru-bu
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 P334902.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334902). 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/P334902/.
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