Position in chronology
SAA 08 105. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 034) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If the moon at its appearance] wears a crown: the harvest of the land will pro[sper; the land] will live [as if in pastures near the city]; the king [will reach] the highest rank. (3) [If the moon's] horns are pointed [at its appearance]: business will ...[...]; there will b[e ......] in the land. (5) [If the moon's] horns at its [appearance] are very pointed: the king of Akkad will weaken [the land wherever he turns]; wherever he turns [he will rule the land]. (7) — It is seen [on the 1st day]: good for Akkad, bad for Elam. (8) [...... "to be p]ointed" (means) to be adorned, said of…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú] AGA a-pir BURU₁₄ KUR SI.⸢SÁ⸣ / [KUR a-bur-riš] TUŠ-ab LUGAL SAG.KAL-tú ⸢DU⸣-[ak] / [1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú] SI-MEŠ-šú ed-da GÁN.BA iz [x x] / [x x x x x] ina KUR GÁL-⸢ši⸣ / [1 30 ina IGI.LAL]-šú SI-MEŠ-šú ud-du-da LUGAL URI.KI e-[ma pa-nu-šú] / [šak-nu KUR] un-na-áš : e-ma pa-nu-šú šak-nu [KUR i-bé-el] / [UD 01-KAM] IGI-ma SIG₅ KUR—URI.KI ḪUL KUR.NIM.MA.KI / [x x x e]-⸢de⸣-du…
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 P336383.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336383). 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/P336383/.
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