SAA 08 014. New Moon on 28th Day (RMA 058) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336395

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) If the moon at its appearance becomes visible on the 28th day as if on the 1st day: bad for the Westland. (3) If the moon becomes visible on the 28th day: good for Akkad, bad for the Westland. (r 1) From the Chief Scribe.

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

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Transliteration

1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú GIM UD 01-KÁM UD 28-KÁM IGI / ḪUL-tim MAR.TU.KI / 1 30 UD 28-KÁM IGI / SIG₅ KUR—URI.KI ḪUL KUR—MAR.TU.KI / šá LÚ.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 P336395.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336395). 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/P336395/.

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