SAA 08 301. Saturn, Cancer, and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 114A) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238580

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and Can[cer] stands in it: the king of Akkad [will extend the life]. (3) If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: (in) all lands (people) will speak [the truth]; the son will speak the truth with his father. (6) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Regulus stands in it: pregnant women will give birth to male children. (r 1) From Zakir.

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 LUGAL URI.KI [TIN ur-rak] / 1 20 ina TÙR 30 GUB KUR ⸢DÙ?.A⸣.[BI kit-tú] / i-ta-mu-ú DUMU KI AD-šú / kit-tú i-ta-mi / [1] 30 TÙR NIGIN-ma MUL.LUGAL ina ŠÀ-šú / GUB-iz MÍ.PEŠ₄-MEŠ NITA-⸢MEŠ⸣ / Ù.TU-MEŠ / šá mza-⸢kir⸣

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 P238580.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238580). 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/P238580/.

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