Position in chronology
SAA 08 063. (no title) (RMA 057) [unclassifiable]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If the moon] becomes visible on the 28th [day]: good for Akkad, bad for E[lam]. (3) The moon st[ood there] on the 28th day. (4) This sign counterbalances the sign o[f the 12th day]. (r 1) When I wr[ote] to the king my lord, saying "the gods have opened the ears of the king [my lord]," (I meant) if something [happens] to [the king and] he worries, th[e gods ...] first send a message fr[om heaven] saying: ["Let him be on his guard", ......]. (e. 1) The king my lord [......].
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336394/
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Transliteration
[1 30 UD] ⸢28-KAM IGI⸣.[LAL] / ⸢SIG₅⸣ KUR—URI.KI ḪUL KUR.⸢NIM⸣.[MA.KI] / [o] UD 28-KAM d30 iz-[za-az-ma] / ⸢GISKIM⸣ me-ḫir GISKIM ⸢ša⸣ [UD 12-KAM] / šu-ú / ša a-na LUGAL EN-ia áš-⸢pur⸣-[an-ni] / mu-uk PI-MEŠ ša LUGAL [EN-ia] / DINGIR-MEŠ-ni ú-pat-⸢ti⸣-[u] / šúm-ma me-me-ni a-na [LUGAL DU-ka] / TAv ŠÀ-šú i-da-bu-ub ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ-ni] / i-ḫar-ru-pu / GISKIM / TAv ⸢ŠÀ⸣ [AN-e] / [i]-⸢šap⸣-par-u-ni ma-a [lu-u e-ti-ik] / [x x x] a ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] / LUGAL be-lí [x x x x] / [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]
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 P336394.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336394). 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/P336394/.
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