SAA 08 210. Solar Halo (RMA 277G) [solar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336588

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If in month Šer'i-eburi the sun in the mor]ning is surrounded by a halo: [......] Adad will devastate; [...... sesame will] prosper. (4) [......] throws: [......] will die. (6) [......] ... [......] enemy. (9) [......] ... [......] will rule the land. (r 2) [The month Šer'i-eburi is] Sivan (III).

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

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Transliteration

[1 ITI.še-er—BURU₁₄ 20 ina še?]-e-ri TÙR NIGIN / [x x x x x x x d]IM RA-iṣ / [x x x x ŠE.GIŠ.Ì] SI.SÁ / [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ŠUB-di / [x x x x x x x] BA.ÚŠ / [x x x x x x]-bu-u / [x x x x x x] KÚR / [x x x x x x]-⸢bu⸣-u / [x x x x x x] KUR i-[be-el] / [ITI.še-er—BURU₁₄] ITI.SIG₄ [o]

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 P336588.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336588). 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/P336588/.

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