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SAA 08 299. Cancer and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 112A) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If [the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and Cancer stands in it: [the king] of Akkad will extend the life. (3) The moon is surrounded by a river: it will rain. (4) — It is surrounded by a halo [...]. (5) If the moon [is surrounded] by a halo, and Regulus stands in it: in this year women will give birth to male children. (7) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and two stars stand inside the halo with the moon: a reign of [long] days. (r 3) From Nabû-iqiša of Borsippa.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 [30] TÙR NIGIN-ma MUL.AL.⸢LUL⸣ ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-iz / [LUGAL] ⸢URI.KI⸣ ba-la-ṭu ⸢ur-rak⸣ / 30 ÍD NIGIN-mi A.AN ŠUR-nun / ⸢TÙR⸣ [x x x] NIGIN-mi-[ma] / 1 30 TÙR [NIGIN-ma] MUL.LUGAL ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-iz / MU BI MÍ-MEŠ NITA-MEŠ ul-la-da / [1 30] ⸢TÙR⸣ NIGIN-ma ina ŠÀ TÙR / 02 MUL-MEŠ KI d30 GUB-MEŠ / BALA UD-MEŠ [GÍD.DA]-MEŠ / šá mdAG—BA-šá ⸢DUMU⸣ BÁR.SIPA.KI
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 P237318.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237318). 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/P237318/.
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