SAA 08 077. (no title) (RMA 246B) [unclassifiable]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336543

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If the Swallow star [produces] a mišhu: attack of the troops [......]. (4) This night, [... came out] from [...] in its path in [......]. (r 1) [This] is bad for [...]. (r 2) The moon [...] in front of [...] (r 3) of the halo in [......] (r 4) it did not close [......] in it. (r 6) From [Nabû-ahhe-eriba].

State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

1 MUL.SIM.MAḪ [x x x x] / meš-ḫa [im-šu-uḫ] / ZI-ut ERIM-ni [x x x x] / mu-šu an-ni-ú [MUL.x x x] / TA ŠÀ MUL.[x x x uṣ-ṣa-a] / ina KASKAL-šú ina [x x x x] / lum-nu šá KUR.[x x x šu-u] / d30 ina IGI [x x x x x] / ša TÙR ina [x x x x] / la ik-ṣur [x x x x x x] / ina ŠÀ-bi [x x x] / 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 P336543.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336543). 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/P336543/.

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