SAA 08 006. Jupiter and Cancer in Lunar Halo (RMA 093) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336420

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Jupiter stands in it: the king of Akkad will be shut up. (4) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Cancer stands in it: the king of Akkad will extend the life. (r 1) From Issar-šumu-ereš.

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

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Transliteration

1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma / dSAG.ME.GAR ina ŠÀ-šú GUB / LUGAL URI.KI ú-tas-sar / 1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma / MUL.AL.LUL ina ŠÀ-šú GUB / LUGAL URI.KI TI.LA ur-⸢rak⸣ / ša m15—MU—KAM-eš

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 P336420.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336420). 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/P336420/.

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