Position in chronology
SAA 08 423. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 020) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If the moon] becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (5) If it hails in Shebat (XI): plenty for the people, rising of business. (r 2) Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, and Marduk have granted a stable throne forever, for [long] days, to the king [my lord]. (r 7) [From] Nabû-iqbi.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[1 30] UD 01-KÁM IGI-ir / KA GI.NA ŠÀ KUR DÙG-ab / 1 UD ana ŠID-MEŠ-šú GÍD.DA-ik / BALA-e UD-MEŠ GÍD.DA-MEŠ / 1 ina ITI.ZÍZ NA₄ DU-ik / nu-ḫu-uš UN-MEŠ [o] / [ša]-qé-e KI.LAM / [d]aš-šur dUTU dAG u dAMAR.UTU / [GIŠ].GU.ZA šá ki-na-a-ti / [a]-na da-riš a-na UD-MEŠ / [GÍD].⸢DA⸣-MEŠ a-na LUGAL / [be-lí]-⸢ia⸣ it-tan-nu / [šá m]dAG—iq-bi
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 P237310.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237310). 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/P237310/.
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