SAA 08 048. Conjunction of Mars and Saturn (RMA 236H) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336534

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If the Wolf star] reaches [the sun]: riches [......]. (3) Mars passed below Saturn. (5) The Wolf star is Mars; [the star of the sun is] Saturn (Break) (r 2) [......] passed. (r 3) [......] Saturn. (r 4) [From Nabû-ahhe]-eriba.

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

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Transliteration

[1 MUL.UR.BAR.RA dUTU] KUR-ud / maš-ru-ú [x x x x] / ⸢MUL⸣.ṣal-bat-a-nu ina šap-[la] / ⸢MUL⸣.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ e-[te]-et-iq / ⸢MUL⸣.UR.BAR.RA MUL.ṣal-bat-a-nu / [MUL dUTU] MUL.UDU.IDIM.⸢SAG.UŠ⸣ / [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣ / [x x x x] ⸢e⸣-ti-it-iq / [x x x x] ⸢MUL⸣.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ / [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 P336534.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336534). 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/P336534/.

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