Position in chronology
SAA 08 550. (no title) (RMA 277AB) [unclassifiable]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [...] ... turned. (2) [— ...] stands in front of Pabilsag. (3) [If ......] Scorpius stands: there will be [...] in the land. [The sting of Scorpius] is Pabilsag. (Break) (r 1) will dwell in p[eace; the gods] will listen to prayers and answer [the diviner's queries].
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[x x x]+⸢x⸣ ta ḫi is-sa-ḫur / [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina IGI dPA.BIL.SAG GUB-az-ma / [x x x] MUL.GÍR.TAB GUB-iz / [x x]+⸢x⸣-tum ina KUR GÁL-ši / [zi-qit MUL.GÍR.TAB] MUL.PA.BIL.SAG / [šub-tum ne-eḫ]-⸢tum⸣ TUŠ-ab / [DINGIR-MEŠ] ⸢taṣ-li⸣-tú še-mu-u / [te-ret LÚ].⸢ḪAL⸣ i-tap-pa-lu
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 P236949.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P236949). 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/P236949/.
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