SAA 08 086. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 008) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336375

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) [If] the moon [becomes visible] on the 1st day: reliable speech; [the land will become] happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal [length]: a reign of lo[ng] days. (5) [The moon] will comp[lete ......] ... the 30th day. (r 1) [If the moon becomes visible] on the 1st day: good for A[kkad], bad for Elam [and the Westland]. On the 14th day [it will be seen] with the sun. (r 5) From Balasî.

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

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Transliteration

[1] 30 UD 01-KÁM [IGI] / KA GI.NA ŠÀ [KUR DÙG] / 1 UD ana mi-na-ti-šú [e-ri-ik] / BALA UD-MEŠ GÍD.[DA-MEŠ] / [d30] UD 30-KÁM ⸢x x⸣ [x x] / ú-šal-[lam-ma] / [1 30] UD 01-KÁM [IGI] / SIG₅ ⸢KUR⸣—[URI.KI] / ḪUL NIM.MA.⸢KI⸣ [u MAR.TU.KI] / [o] ⸢UD 14-KÁM KI⸣ dUTU [in-na-mar] / ša mba-la-si-i

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 P336375.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336375). 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/P336375/.

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