Position in chronology
SAA 08 409. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 046A) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If (the moon) [becomes visible] on the 1st day: reliable [speech]; the land will become happy. (3) On the xth day one god will be seen with the other: good for the king my lord. (5) [...] where ... stands [......] ... [... the days] of the ruler [wil]l be long. [...] an eclipse ... [...] ... passed. (r 3) A sign for [the king] my lord on that day [...] ... (r 6) [From] Rašil,......
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 ina UD 01-[KÁM IGI KA] GI.NA / ŠÀ KUR DÙG-ab / UD x-KÁM ⸢DINGIR KI DINGIR⸣ in-nam-mar / ⸢MÍ.SIG₅ šá⸣ LUGAL be-lí-ia / [x x] ⸢x x⸣ a-di? AGA? iz-za-az / [x x]+⸢x⸣ ur qu / [x x UD?]-⸢MEŠ?⸣ NUN ⸢GÍD⸣.DA-MEŠ / [x x] ⸢AN*.MI* x x⸣ / [x x] i? ⸢x x⸣ i-te-te-eq / ⸢GISKIM šá⸣ [LUGAL] be-lí-⸢ia⸣ / ina UD-mi ⸢ul⸣-li-i / [x x] KUR? ŠEŠ? / [šá] mTUK-ši—DINGIR
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 P237931.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237931). 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/P237931/.
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