Position in chronology
SAA 08 438. Occultation of Jupiter (RMA 193) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If Jupiter ent[ers] the moon: there will be famine in the Westland; the king of Elam will die, variant: a noble will rebel against his lord. (4) If the moon covers Jupiter: the king will capture enemy kings. (6) [If] on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favor[ably]; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the ste[ppe] undisturbed; the harvest-time grass will last until winter, the winter grass until harvest time; [j]oy among the troops; the king will become happy. (r 5) [If] the moon and sun are in…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
⸢1⸣ MUL.SAG.ME.GAR a-na ŠÀ-bi d30 ⸢TU⸣ / su-un-qu ina KUR—MAR.TU GÁL-ši / LUGAL NIM.MA.KI ÚŠ : IDIM EN-šú i-ba-ru / ⸢1⸣ d30 MUL.ŠUL.PA.È.A i-rim / LUGAL LUGAL-MEŠ KÚR-MEŠ ŠU.2-su KUR-ád / [1] UD 14-KÁM d30 u dUTU KI a-ḫa-meš IGI-MEŠ / KA GI.NA ŠÀ-bi KUR DÙG-ab / DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI.KI a-na da-me-[iq-ti] / i-ḫa-sa-⸢su⸣ / bu-lum KUR—URI.KI par-ga-niš ina ⸢EDIN⸣ / i-rab-bi-ṣu di-iš BURU₁₄ ana…
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 P237292.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237292). 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/P237292/.
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