Position in chronology
SAA 08 527. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 160B) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If on the 15th day the moon and [sun] are seen [tog]ether: [a strong enemy will raise] his weapons against the land; [the enemy will tear down] my city gate. (r 1) Shebat (XI) means the Westland [...] the 15th day means the Westland [......] bad for the Westland [......]. (r 4) Report of [NN].
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 UD 15-KÁM 30 u [20 it-ti] / a-ḫa-meš IGI-ME [LÚ.KÚR dan-nu] / GIŠ.TUKUL-ME-šú ana KUR i-⸢na⸣-[áš-šá-a] / KÁ.GAL URU-ia [LÚ.KÚR ina-qar] / ITI.ZÍZ KUR—MAR.⸢TU⸣ [x x x] / UD 15-KÁM KUR—MAR [x x x x x] / ḪUL šá KUR—MAR [x x x x x] / ú-ìl-tum ša [mx 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 P237311.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237311). 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/P237311/.
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