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SAA 08 011. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 074) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If the moon becom[es visible] on the 30th day: there will be frost, variant: rumor of the enemy. (4) If (the moon) becomes visible in Kislev (IX) on the 30th day: the king of the Westland will fall in battle. (r 1) The Westland [......; the] sign concerns th[em]. Should it be re[pea]ted (in Tebet), it would [concern] us. (r 5) From the Chief Scribe.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336404/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 30 UD 30-KÁM ⸢IGI⸣.[LAL] / šu-ru-up-pu-[u] / KI.MIN GÙ KÚR GÁL-ši / 1 ina ITI.GAN UD 30-KÁM IGI.LAL / LUGAL MAR.TU.KI / ina GIŠ.TUKUL ŠUB-⸢ut⸣ / KUR—MAR.TU.KI e?-[x x] / it-tu iš-šá-⸢nu⸣-[u šu-u] / lu-u sa-[di]-⸢ri?⸣ / ina UGU-ḫi-ni i-[qar-rib] / šá LÚv.GAL—A.BA
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 P336404.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336404). 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/P336404/.
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