SAA 08 548. Pleiades Near New Moon (RMA 243C) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P236993

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If at the moon's appearance the Pleiades [stand] at [its] side: the king will exercise world dominion; his land [will expand]. (3) If the Pleiades come close to the top of the moon [and stand there]: the king will exercise world dominion; his land [will expand]. (5) If the Pleiades stand in it: [...] the seven gods [......]. (Break) (r 1) [...] for many days [......] I have been sick [...] (r 3) [...] of the king my lord [......] ... [......].

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

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Transliteration

1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú MUL.MUL ina ⸢Á⸣-[šú GUB] / LUGAL ŠÚ-tú DÙ-uš KUR-[su DAGAL-iš] / 1 MUL.MUL ana UGU 30 SI₄-[ma GUB] / LUGAL KIŠ DÙ-uš [o] KUR-[su DAGAL] / 1 MUL.MUL ina ŠÀ-šú ⸢GUB⸣ [x x x] / d07.BI [x x x x x x] / [x x]+⸢x⸣ UD-ME ma-⸢aʾ⸣-[du-ti] / [x x x] si mar-ṣa-ku [x x x] / [x x x x] LUGAL EN-ía ⸢x⸣+[x x] / [x x x x]-⸢di⸣-ía ⸢la⸣ [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 P236993.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P236993). 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/P236993/.

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