SAA 08 083. New Moon on 1st Day, Mercury Visible (RMA 055) [planetary, lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336392

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) The m[oon] will complete [the day] on the ev[ening] of the beginning of the year: it is favorable fo[r the king] my lord. (4) Concerning Mercury, about which the king my lord wrote to me: yesterday Issar-šumu-ereš had an argument with Nabû-ahhe-eriba in the palace. Later, at night, they went and all made observations; they saw (it) and were satisfied. (r 4) From B[a]lasî.

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

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Transliteration

d⸢30⸣ [UD-mu] ú-šal-lam / ša ⸢ba⸣-[a-di] re-eš MU.AN.NA / SIG₅ ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL] EN-ia / ina UGU ⸢MUL⸣.UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD / ša LUGAL be-lí iš-pur-an-ni / it—ti-ma-li md15—MU—APIN-eš / ina ŠÀ É.GAL ṣa-a-su / a-na mdPA—PAB-MEŠ—SU ig-di-ri / i—da-a-ti ina nu-bat-ti / it-ta-al-ku gab-bi-šú-nu it-ta-aṣ-ru / e-ta-am-ru ip-tu-šu / ša m⸢ba⸣-la-si-i

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 P336392.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336392). 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/P336392/.

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