SAA 08 460. Cancer in Lunar Halo (RMA 115F) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237408

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, [and Cancer] stands in it: the king [of Akkad will extend the life]. (3) ... [......]. (Break) (r 1) Let [the king] my lord [......] let them give [......] a farmer [......] killed my brother [......] which the king my lord [......]. (r 6) From Bel-le'i, descendant of [Egibi].

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

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Transliteration

1 d30 TÙR NÍGIN-[ma MUL.AL.LUL] / ina ŠÀ-bi-šú GUB LUGAL [KUR—URI.KI DIN ur-rak] / li-kun [x x x x x x x x] / [LUGAL] be-lí-a lip-[x x x x] / [lid]-di-nu-nu [x x x x] / LÚ.DUMU—ik-ka-ru [x x x x] / ŠEŠ-ú-a id-du-[uk x x x] / šá LUGAL be-lí-a id-⸢di⸣ [x x x] / šá mdEN—Á.GÁL DUMU m[e-gi-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 P237408.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237408). 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/P237408/.

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