Position in chronology
SAA 08 384. Eclipse of the Sun (RMA 269) [eclipses]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If the day] on the west [side] becomes covered with clouds: it shows famine for the king of the West. (3) [If an eclipse] is red [on the west side] and rides the south wind: locusts will attack. (4) [If] the sun is eclipsed in Iyyar (II) on the 28th day: the days of the king will be long; the land will enjoy abundant business. (6) If the sun becomes eclipsed in Iyyar (II): the land will eat plentiful food; the days of the king will be long. (7) If the sun at its rising is like a crescent and wears a crown like the moon: the king will capture his enemy's land; evil will leave the land,…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[1 UD Á?] IM.MAR.TU ḫu-bi-a i-ta-rim SU.KÚ LUGAL MAR.TU / ú-kal-⸢lam⸣ / [1 AN.MI Á? MAR.TU] SA₅-ma IM.U₁₈.LU ra-kib BURU₅-ḪI.A ZI-[a] / [1] ITI.GUD UD 28-KÁM 20 KA×MI LUGAL UD-MEŠ-šú GÍD.DA-MEŠ / KUR KI.LAM nap-šá KÚ / 1 ITI.GUD 20 KA×MI NINDA nap-ša KUR KÚ UD-MEŠ LUGAL GÍD-MEŠ / 1 20 ina KUR-šú GIM UD.SAR-ma GIM 30 AGA a-pir / LUGAL KUR KÚR-šú KUR-ád KUR ḪUL-šá TAG₄-ší-ma SIG₅ IGI-mar / 1 ina…
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 P237900.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237900). 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/P237900/.
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