SAA 08 380. Mars Reaches Cancer, not Retrograde (RMA 244A) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237913

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) [If] the kurkurru of the Old Man star shines: [a servant] will make a rebellion [against] the house of his lord. — [Venu]s stands with the foot of the Old Man star. (4) Mars reached Cancer; [the king sh]ould know and be circumspect until it goes out. (r 4) [From] Rašil the older, servant of the king.

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

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Transliteration

[1] ⸢MUL⸣.ŠU.GI kur-kur-ru-šú i-nam-bu-uṭ / [ARAD ana] É—EN-šú ḪI.GAR DÙ-uš / [MUL.dil]-⸢bat*⸣ KI GÌR MUL.ŠU.GI GUB-ma / ⸢MUL⸣.ṣal-bat-a-nu / [MUL].AL.LUL ik-ta-šad / [LUGAL lu]-ú i-di / [o] lu la-ti-ik / a-di uṣ-ṣu-ú / [šá] mTUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD šá LUGAL / maḫ-ru-u

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 P237913.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237913). 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/P237913/.

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