Position in chronology
SAA 08 106. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 036) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the day [reaches its normal length]: a reign of long [days]. (3) Normal length of a month (means) it comple[tes] the 30th day. (4) [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are very pointed: [the king of Akkad w]ill weaken [the land] wherever he turns; wherever he turns he will rule [the lan]d. (r 1) "To be pointed" means to be adorned, said of horns. (r 2) Tammuz (IV) means Subartu. (r 3) From Akkullanu.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 UD-mu ana [mi-na-ti-šú e-ri-ik] / BALA [UD-MEŠ] ⸢GÍD-MEŠ⸣ / ⸢mi⸣-na-at ITI UD 30-KAM ú-šal-⸢lam⸣ / [1 30] ina IGI.LAL-šú SI-MEŠ-šú ud-du-da / [LUGAL URI.KI] e-ma IGI-MEŠ-šú šak-nu / [KUR] ⸢un⸣-na-áš : e-ma pa-nu-šú šak-nu / ⸢KUR⸣ i-be-el / e-de-du : ṣa-pa-ru ša qar-ni / ITI.ŠU KUR.SU.BIR₄.KI / ša mak-kul-la-ni
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 P336384.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336384). 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/P336384/.
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