Position in chronology
SAA 08 049. Conjunction of Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo on Full Moon Day (RMA 103) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If the moon] is seen on the [1]6th [day: the king of Subartu will become] strong and [have no rival]. (3) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Mars [stands in it]: loss of cattle of all lands; the date plantation will not prosper; variant: the Westland will be diminished. (6) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and a planet stands in it: robbers will rage. (8) — Saturn stands in the halo of the moon. (9) If Jupiter comes near to the Bull of Heaven: the treasures of the land will perish; variant: the offspring of large and small cattle will not prosper. (r 2) Jupiter entered the…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[1 30 UD] ⸢16⸣-KÁM IGI [LUGAL SU.BIR₄.KI] / [i-dan]-ni-in-ma [GABA.RI NU TUK] / [1] 30 TÙR NIGIN-ma MUL.ṣal-bat-a-nu [ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-iz] / ZÁḪ / MÁŠ.ANŠE KUR DÙ.A.BI / me-re-šú ZÚ.LUM.MA / NU SI.SÁ KI.MIN KUR—MAR.TU.KI TUR-ir / [1] 30 TÙR NIGIN-ma MUL.UDU.IDIM ina ŠÀ-bi-šú GUB-iz / LÚ.SA.GAZ in-na-an-du-ru / MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina TÙR 30 GUB-ma / 1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR ana MUL.GUD.AN.NA DIM₄ / du-un-qu…
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 P336429.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P336429/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336429/.
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