SAA 08 174. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 156) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336470

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If on the 15th day the moon and sun [are seen] together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the gate of my city. (4) If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. (r 1) Sivan (III) means the Westland; the 15th day means the Westland. (r 3) From [B]amaya.

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

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Transliteration

1 UD 15-KÁM 30 u 20 KI a-ḫa-meš [IGI-MEŠ] / LÚ.KÚR dan-nu GIŠ.TUKUL-MEŠ-šú ana KUR ÍL / KÁ.GAL URU-ia LÚ.KÚR ina-qar / 1 30 20 la ú-qi-ma ir-bi / na-an-dur UR.MAḪ-MEŠ u UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ / ITI.SIG₄ KUR—MAR.TU / UD 15-KÁM KUR—MAR.TU / ša [m]⸢ba⸣-ma-a.a

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 P336470.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336470). 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/P336470/.

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