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SAA 08 377. Antares in Lunar Halo (RMA 215) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) Mercury did not [...]; the moon did not [rea]ch the sun, it set before the sun. Antares, which stood at the right horn of the moon, did not come close to the [mo]on; it will not affect (it) at all. (7) If Scorpius stands in the halo of the moon, it is (a sign) for rain and flood. The king has seen its sign; Adad will devastate. (r 3) In Iyyar (II) on the 15th day let him pray to Ea in supplication; let him release a prisoner; his possessions will become (an object) of praise. (r 6) From Nabû-šuma-iškun.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
dGUD.UD ul ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ / d30 dUTU ul [ik]-⸢šu⸣-ud / ina IGI dUTU ir-ta-bi / MUL.GABA—GÍR.TAB šá ina SI 15 30 / iz-zi-zu a-na d⸢30*⸣ / ul TE mim-ma ul i-lap-pat / 1 MUL.GÍR.TAB ina TÙR 30 / it-ta-ši-iz ana A.AN u A.KAL / GISKIM-šú LUGAL i-ta-mar / dIM i-ra-ḫi-iṣ / 1 ina ITI.GUD UD 15-KÁM ana dÉ.A [liš]-ken / šá—EN.NUN BAR-ir mim-mu-šú / ana ta-na-da-a-ti GAR-an / šá mdPA—MU—GAR-un
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 P237761.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237761). 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/P237761/.
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