SAA 08 362. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 046) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237794

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If the moon's horns at its appearance are very pointed: the king will strike down the land of his enemy. (4) If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: the speech of the land will become reliable; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; there will be joy among the people. (r 4) From Aplaya.

State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú / SI-MEŠ-šú ud-du-da / LUGAL KUR KÚR-šú ú-na-kap / 1 UD 14-KÁM 30 u dUTU / KI a-ḫa-meš IGI-MEŠ / KA KUR GI.NA ŠÀ KUR DÙG-ab / DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI.KI / a-na SIG₅-tim i-ḫas-sa-su / ḫu-ud ŠÀ-bi UN-MEŠ GAR-an / šá mDUMU.UŠ-a

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 P237794.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237794). 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/P237794/.

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