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SAA 08 040. Saturn and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 180) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (1) on the 13th [day] the king [......]. (2) If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: in all lands (people) will speak the truth; the son will speak the truth with his father; universal peace. (5) — Saturn stands in the halo of the moon; the sign is equivalent to the sign of the 13th day. Because the moon was seen on the 13th day, because of that Saturn stood in the halo of the moon. (r 1) If the moon is surrounded by a black halo: the month holds rain, variant: clouds will be gathered. (r 3) If Regulus is dark: the king will become furious and will lead his notables out [for killing], but he will return [...] and not kill (them) and will get [......]. (r 6) [If Sat]urn in front of Regulus [......]. (rest destroyed) (e. 1) From Nabû-ah[he-eriba].
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336488/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[UD] 13-KÁM LUGAL [x x x x] / 1 dšá-maš ina TÙR 30 GUB-iz ina KUR DÙ.A.BI / ki-it-tú i-ta-mu-u DUMU it-ti AD-šú kit-tum i-ta-me / sa-lim kiš-šá-ti / MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina TÙR 30 GUB-ma / it-tú me-ḫi-ir it-ti ša UD 13-KÁM šu-u / ina UGU ša d30 UD 13-KÁM in-na-mir-u-ni / ana UGU šu-u MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina TÙR d30 it-ti-it-zi / 1 d30 TÙR GI₆ NIGIN ITI A.AN ú-⸢kal⸣ / KI.MIN IM.DIRI-MEŠ…
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 P336488.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336488). 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/P336488/.
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