Position in chronology
SAA 08 546. (no title) (RMA 237A) [unclassifiable]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [......] ... [......] well-being of the Westland [......]. (r 4) [If] the Yoke star [is turned] towards sun[set] when it comes out, (if) the west wind [rises and] turns towards the south: on [the 10th day] of Elul (VI) a destruct[ion of the land will take place]. (r 6) [If] the Yoke star is turned towards sunrise when it comes out and [looks] at the front of [the sky], and no wind blows: there will be fa[min]e; [the dynasty will end in catastrophe].
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x x x] ⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] / MI DAG? ⸢MI⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] / DI ⸢MAR⸣.KI [x x x x x x x x x x x x] / [1] ⸢MUL⸣.ŠUDUN ina È-šú ana dUTU.[ŠÚ.A IGI-šú GAR-nu IM].MAR.TU [ZI-ma] / ana IM.U₁₈.LU is-ḫur ina ITI.KIN ⸢UD⸣ [10-KAM] ⸢šal⸣-pú-⸢ti⸣ [KUR GAR-an] / [1 MUL].ŠUDUN ina È-šú ana dUTU.TU.TU IGI-šú GAR-nu IGI [AN-e] / [IGI.BAR-ma] ⸢TU₁₅⸣ mim-ma la i-zi-qa ⸢SU.KÚ⸣ GÁL-⸢ši⸣ [BALA NAM.GILIM.MA]
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 P240199.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P240199). 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/P240199/.
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