Position in chronology
SAA 08 511. New Moon (RMA 046B) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] will not be decided [......]. (2) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: re[liable speech; the land will become happy]. (3) If the moon's horns at its appearance [...:] the king of the land [......]. (5) If at the moon's appearance [its right] horn [is long], its left horn short: [the king] will conquer [a land not his own ......]. (8) If its left horn is [......]. (r 1) If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: [there will be] [frost], variant: [there will be] rumor of an enemy [in the land]. (r 3) If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day [......] above ... [......]. (r 5) If the moon at its appearance wears a [...] crown: the king [...] his counsellors [......] ... [......]. (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x x] NU TAR-as ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] / 1 30 UD 01-KÁM IGI ⸢KA⸣ [GI.NA ŠÀ KUR DÙG] / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú SI-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šú x x] / LUGAL KUR ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú SI [15-šú GÍD.DA] / SI 150-šú LÚGUD.⸢DA⸣ [LUGAL KUR la šu-a-tú] / ŠU-su KUR-ád ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / 1 SI 150-šu uk-[x x x x x] / 1 30 UD 30-KÁM IGI [šu-ru-up-pu-u] / : GÙ KÚR [ina KUR GÁL-ši] / 1 30 UD 30-KÁM IGI [x x x] / NIM.MA qu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú ⸢AGA⸣ [x x a-pir] / LUGAL muš-ta-[li-šú x x] / [x x] ⸢x⸣ TUK [x x x x]
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 P237014.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237014). 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/P237014/.
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