SAA 08 402. (no title) [unclassifiable]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238106

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) The [......] (2) which from [......] (3) of heaven and earth [...] (4) will come [...] (5) The king need not be concerned; let him act according to the exti[spicies, and the king] my lord will become hap[py]. (9) Your days [...] (r 1) winds [......] (r 2) on [......] (Break) (e. 1) [From] Rašil the older, [servant] of the king.

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

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Transliteration

d[x x x x x x x x x] / ša TA a-[x x x x x x x] / šá AN-e u KI-ti [x x x] / il-la-ka [x x x x x] / LUGAL na-kut-ti la [i-ra-áš-ši] / ki-i pi-i ḪAL-⸢x⸣+[x x x] / li-pu-uš ŠÀ-bi [ša LUGAL] / be-lí-ia i-[ṭa-ab-ma] / UD-MEŠ-ka [x x x x x] / šá-ri i-[x x x x x] / UGU [x x x x x x x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] / [šá] mTUK-ši—DINGIR IGI-u / [ARAD] šá LUGAL

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 P238106.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238106). 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/P238106/.

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