Position in chronology
SAA 08 321. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse (RMA 274A) [eclipses]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) The eclipse will pass by, (the moon) will not make it. Should the king say: "What sign did you see?" — (4) [... the god]s did not see each other (5) [...] for the night (6) [......]. (r 1) [The eclipse] will pass by (and) [the moon] will be seen [together with] the sun. (r 3) From Munnabitu.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
⸢AN.MI⸣ it-ti-iq la GAR-an / ki-i LUGAL i-qab-bu-ú um-ma / ⸢mi⸣-nu-ú i-da-tu ta-mur / [x x x DINGIR]-MEŠ a-ḫa-meš la IGI-MEŠ / [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na mu-ši x / [x x x x x x]-ma / [x AN.MI] ⸢it⸣-ti-iq / [d30 KI] dUTU ⸢in-nam-mar⸣ / šá mmun-na-bi-tu
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 P237938.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237938). 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/P237938/.
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