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SAA 08 066. Scorpius in Lunar Halo (RMA 141) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the moon and sun are in balance: reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king [of the world] will make his throne la[st long]. (Break) (r 1) [If at the appearance of the moon] the sting [of Scorpius] surrounds it [like a halo]: the flood will [come]. (r 3) Thi[s night], a halo surr[ounded the moon, al]l of Scorp[ius stood] inside it. (r 5) If at the moon's appearance the south wind blows: in this month there will be regularly south wind. (r 7) From Nabû-ahhe-eriba.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 30 u dšá-maš šit-qu-lu / at-mu-ú ke-e-nu / ina KA UN-MEŠ iš-šá-kan / LUGAL [kiš-šá-ti] GIŠ.GU.ZA ú-[lab-bar] / [1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú zi-qit MUL.GÍR.TAB] / [GIM TÙR] NIGIN-šú A.KAL ⸢DU⸣-[ak] / d[30 mu-šú an]-ni-ú TÙR il-⸢ti⸣-[bi-šú] / MUL.GÍR.[TAB] ⸢gab⸣-bi-šú ina ŠÀ-šú it-⸢ti⸣-[it-zi] / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú IM.U₁₈.LU DU-[ik] / ina ITI BI IM.U₁₈.LU sa-dir / šá mdPA—PAB-MEŠ—SU
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 P336461.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336461). 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/P336461/.
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