SAA 08 197. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 130A) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336446

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; [the cattle] of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed; [joy among the troo]ps; the king will become happy. (6) [......] ... (Break) (r 1) [disb]anding of the fortified outposts, retiring of the gu[ard]s; there will be reconciliation and peace in the land.

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

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Transliteration

1 UD 14-KAM 30 u 20 KI a-ḫa-meš IGI-MEŠ / KA GI.NA ŠÀ KUR DÙG-ab / DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI.KI ana SIG₅-tim i-ḫa-sa-su / [MÁŠ].⸢ANŠE⸣ KUR—URI.KI pár-ga-niš ina EDIN NÁ-iṣ / [ḫu-ud ŠÀ-bi ERIM]-ni ŠÀ LUGAL DÙG-ab / [x x x x x x]-⸢KAM⸣ / [pa]-ṭar bir-a-ti a-rad EN.[NUN]-⸢MEŠ⸣ / ⸢taš⸣-mu-u SILIM-mu ina KUR GÁL-ši

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 P336446.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336446). 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/P336446/.

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