SAA 08 226. (no title) (RMA 262B) [unclassifiable]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336563

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Transliteration

[1 x x x]+⸢x⸣ ZI-a / [ŠUB-tim] MAR.TU.KI / [x x x x] KUD-MEŠ / [x x x]+⸢x⸣ UD ŠÚ AM / [x x x] ZI-ut IM.U₁₈.LU / [x x x x x] im-mir / [x x x x x] IM.3 / [x x x x] ⸢IM⸣.4 / [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x] ⸢GI⸣.NA / [x x x x x x] SAR / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ EŠ / [x x x x x x]-MEŠ

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 P336563.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336563). 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/P336563/.

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