Position in chronology
SAA 08 119. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 256A) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If the moon] becomes visible [on the 1st day: reliable] speech; [the land will become happy]. (2) [If the day] reaches its normal le[ngth]: a reign of lo[ng] days. (4) This (refers to) the visibility of the 1st day. (5) If Adad thunders at the gate of the moon: there will be a fall of the army of Elam in battle; the possessions of its land will be collected into another land. (8) This (refers to) that Adad thunders when the moon is seen. (r 1) From Bulluṭu.
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.GA] / [1 UD] a-na ŠID-MEŠ-šú ⸢GÍD⸣.[DA] / ⸢BALA⸣ UD-MEŠ GÍD.⸢DA⸣-[MEŠ] / an-ni-ú ta-mar-tú ša UD 01-[KÁM] / 1 dIM ina KÁ.GAL 30 GÙ-šú ŠUB-di / ŠUB-tim ERIM NIM.MA.KI ina GIŠ.TUKUL GÁL-ši / NÍG.ŠU KUR-šú ana KUR šá-ni-ti-im-ma NIGIN-ḫar / an-ni-ú šá ki-i 30 in-na-mar-u-ni / dIM GÙ-šú i-na-du-u-ni / ša mbu-lu-ṭu
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 P336555.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336555). 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/P336555/.
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