Position in chronology
SAA 10 157. Averting the Evil of an Eclipse (CT 54 221) [from astrologers]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 10(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant] Ašar[edu]. May [Nabû and Marduk for ... many] years establish [......] give [......] to [......]! (6) [......] the lord of kings [...] (7) [......] year [...] (Break) (r 1) [......] sign [...] (r 2) [......] (r 3) [......] heart to your presence [...] (r 4) [......] I about it [...] (r 5) [......] will get scared [...] (r 6) [......] will ave[rt] the [...] of the eclipse. (r 7) [......] very [...] to the king. (r 8) Ma[y the lord of kings] be everlasting! (r 9) [From Ašar]edu.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 10 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[a-na LUGAL EN-ía ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ ma-šá-⸢ri⸣-[du] / [x x x x x x] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA-MEŠ [x x x] / [x x x x x x x lu]-kin-⸢nu⸣ [x x] / [x x x x x x]-⸢bi⸣ a-na nu-[x x] / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lid-⸢di⸣-[nu] / [x x x x x x] EN LUGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] / [x x x x x x] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / [x x x x x x x] ḫa a ⸢ri⸣ [x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / [x x x x] ⸢GISKIM x⸣ [x] / [x x x x] (blank) ⸢x⸣+[x…
Scholarly note
Letter from a scholar (astrologer, exorcist, physician, lamentation-priest) to Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 10, 1993). ORACC text P238936.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238936). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1993. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. SAA 10. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa10/P238936/.
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