Position in chronology
SAA 08 004. Eclipse of the Moon in the Morning (RMA 271) [eclipses]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If] there is an eclipse in Sivan (III) on the 14th day, and the (moon) god in his eclipse becomes dark on the east side above, and clears on the west side below, the north wind rises during the evening(!) watch and touches the middle watch: you observe his eclipse and keep the north wind in mind; thereby a decision is given for Ur and the king of Ur: the king of Ur will experience famine; deaths will become many; as for the king of Ur, his son will wrong him, but Šamaš will catch the son who wronged his father, and he will die in the mourning-place of his father; a son of the king who…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[1 ina] ITI.SIG₄ UD 14-KÁM AN.MI GAR-ma DINGIR ina KA×MI-šú Á IM.3 AN.TA KA×MI-ma / [o] Á IM.4 KI.TA iz-ku IM.2 EN.NUN AN.TA ZI-ma / [o] EN.NUN—MURUB₄.BA TAG-ut KA×MI-šú IGI-ma IM.2 ina ŠU.2-ka tu-kal / ina ŠÀ ŠEŠ.UNUG.KI u LUGAL ŠEŠ.UNUG.KI EŠ.BAR SUM LUGAL ŠEŠ.UNUG.KI SU.KÚ IGI / ÚŠ-MEŠ i-man-du LUGAL ŠEŠ.UNUG.KI DUMU-šú i-ḫab-bíl-šú-ma / DUMU ḫa-bíl AD-šú dUTU KUR-su-ma ina KI.ḪUL AD-šú ÚŠ /…
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 P336570.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P336570/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336570/.
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