Position in chronology
SAA 08 352. (no title) (RMA 252A) [unclassifiable]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If a fog ro[lls] in in Adar (XII): the land will g[o] to ruin. (3) If the sun changes its path and [goes along] another one: the king will abandon his land [and c]amp outside. (6) Additional days in [...] are many, the sun [......] does not stand [......]. (r 1) Let the lord of kings dwell [...] two days in a city which [the king lik]es, and [...] he should [...] in the steppe. (r 5) May the lord of kings be everla[sting]! (r 6) From Ašaredu [the younger].
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 ina ITI.ŠE IM.DUGUD iq-[tur] / KUR ár-bu-tú DU-[ak] / 1 20 KASKAL-šú KÚR-ma MÌN-tam-ma [DU-ak] / LUGAL KUR-su ŠUB-di-[ma] / ana ka-ma-a-ti i-rab-[bi-iṣ] / UD-MEŠ at-ru-ti ina [x x x] / ma-aʾ-du dUTU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / ul ú-šu-uz [x x x x] / EN LUGAL-MEŠ 02 UD-⸢mu⸣ [x x x] / i-na URU šá pa-ni [LUGAL maḫ-ru] / lu-ši-ib ù ⸢x⸣+[x x x] / i-na EDIN lu-u [x x x] / EN LUGAL-MEŠ lu da-[ri] / šá ma-šá-ri-du [qa-at-nu]
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 P237918.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237918). 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/P237918/.
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