SAA 08 046. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse (RMA 274E) [eclipses]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336575

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) The moon will compl[ete] the day in Tammuz (IV); on the 14th day, it will b[e seen] with the sun. It will let the eclipse pass by; it will not mak[e it]. (r 1) [From Nabû-ahhe]-eriba.

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

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Transliteration

d30 / ina ITI.ŠU UD-mu ú-šal-[lam] / UD 14-KÁM TA dšá-maš in-na-⸢mar⸣-[ma] / AN.MI / ú-še-taq / la i-šá-[kan] / [ša mdPA—PAB-MEŠ]—SU

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 P336575.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336575). 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/P336575/.

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