Position in chronology
SAA 08 334. Meteor (RMA 201) [occasional]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) 1 "double-hour" of night had passed; a meteor flashed from the north to the south. (5) Its signs are favorable for the intentions of the king. The king of Akkad will reach his goal. (r 3) From Ašaredu the older, servant of the king.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
01 KASKAL.GÍD MI it-ta-lak / MUL—GAL TA IM.SI.SÁ / a-na IM.U₁₈.LU / iṣ-ṣa-ru-ur / i-da-ti-šá a-na / ṣi-bu-ti šá LUGAL / ṭa-ba-ti / LUGAL URI.KI ši-pir-šú / i-kaš-šad / šá ma-šá-ri-du IGI-ú / ARAD šá LUGAL
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 P236979.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P236979). 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/P236979/.
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