Position in chronology
SAA 08 385. Fog in Shebat (RMA 250A) [weather]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If] a fog rolls [in Sh]ebat (XI): eclipse of the Kassites. (3) A rolling fog ... portends the peak flood which brings abundance. (r 1) A black fog portends rain. (r 3) [From] Rašil the older, servant of the king.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[1 ina] ⸢ITI⸣.ZÍZ IM.DUGUD iq-tur / AN.MI kaš-ši-i / ⸢IM⸣.DUGUD qat-ru šá at / a-na A.KAL kiš-šá-tum na-šú-ú / ḪÉ.GÁL-li / 1 IM.DUGUD GI₆ / a-na A.AN / [šá] mTUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD šá LUGAL / pa-nu-ú
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 P238030.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238030). 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/P238030/.
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