SAA 08 034. Fog in Intercalary Adar (RMA 252E) [weather]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336551

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If there is conti[nually] fog in the land: the dynasty of the king of the land [will rule] the world. (3) If [a fog rolls in] on a cloudy day: fall of [Elam]. (5) [If in] intercalary Adar (XII/2) [fog ...]: the land [will go] to ruin. (r 1) From Issar-šumu-[ereš].

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

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Transliteration

1 ina KUR IM.DUGUD ⸢sa⸣-[dir] / BALA LUGAL KUR ŠÚ [i-bé-el] / 1 ina UD-me er-pi [IM.DUGUD iq-tur] / ma-qa-at KUR.[NIM.MA.KI] / [1 ina] ITI.DIRI.ŠE.KIN.KUD [IM.DUGUD x x] / KUR kar-mu-tú [DU-ak] / ša mdINNIN—MU—[KAM]

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 P336551.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336551). 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/P336551/.

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