Position in chronology
SAA 08 088. Full Moon on 12th Day (RMA 119) [lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the moon is seen at an inappropriate time: business will diminish. (3) — On the 12th day it was seen with the sun. (4) If the moon and sun are seen together not at the normal time: a strong enemy will oppress the land; the king of Akkad will bring about the downfall of his enemy. (8) — [On the 1]2th [day] it was seen with the sun. (r 1) [If the moon] is seen on the 12th day: bad for Akkad, it is [go]od for Elam and the Westland; (r 3) This is bad for Akkad. (r 4) From Balasî.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
1 30 ina la si-ma-ni-šú IGI / KI.LAM TUR-⸢ir⸣ / UD 12-KÁM it-ti dUTU IGI-ma / 1 ina la me-na-ti-šú-nu d30 u dUTU / it-ti a-ḫa-meš IGI-MEŠ / LÚ.KÚR dan-nu KUR i-se-ʾi / LUGAL URI.KI ŠUB-ta LÚ.KÚR-šú GAR-an / [UD] ⸢12⸣-KÁM it-ti dUTU IGI-ma / [1 30] ⸢UD⸣ 12-KÁM IGI-ma ḪUL KUR—URI.KI / ⸢SIG₅⸣ NIM.MA.KI KUR.a-mur-ri-i / ḪUL šá KUR—URI.KI šu-ú / ša mba-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 P336439.
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/P336439/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336439/.
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