Position in chronology
SAA 08 120. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 076) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the moon becomes visible in Tebet (X) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour Subartu; a foreigner will rule the Westland. (4) Tebet (X) means Elam. (5) From Bulluṭu. (r 1) We watched on the 29th day; the clouds were den[se], we did not see the moon. We watched on the 30th day; we saw the moon, (but) it was (already) very high. The (weather) of the 29th day has to do with it. (r 6) What is it that the king my lord says?
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 30 ina ITI.AB UD 30-KÁM IGI [o] / SU.BIR₄.KI aḫ-la-mu-u KÚ / EME BAR-tum KUR—MAR.TU EN-⸢el⸣ / ITI.AB KUR.NIM.MA.KI / ša mbu-ul-lu-ṭu / UD 29-KÁM ni-ta-ṣar IM.DIRI dan-[nat] / d30 la né-mur / UD 30-KÁM ni-ta-ṣar d30 né-ta-⸢mar⸣ / ma-ti-iḫ a—dan-niš [o] / ša UD 29-KÁM šu-ú [o] / ina UGU-ḫi qur-bu mì-i-nu / ša LUGAL be-lí i-qa-bu-u-[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 P336406.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336406). 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/P336406/.
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