Position in chronology
SAA 08 090. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136Q) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If the moon and sun are in opposition]: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (2) [— ......] ... (and) the moon are seen on the 14th day. (3) [If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn] meets [the other]: there will be truth in the land; [the son will speak the truth with his father]; univ[ersal] peace. (Break) (r 1) [......] ... [......]. (r 3) [From Ba]lasî.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336456/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u] LUGAL KUR uz-nu ú-rap-pa-⸢áš⸣ / [x x x x x x x]-MEŠ? d30 UD 14-KÁM IGI-[ma] / [1 30 20 KUR-ma KI-šú it-ten-tú SI SI] i-dir ina KUR kit-tú GÁL / [DUMU KI AD-šú kit-tú i-ta-me] sa-lim kiš-[šá-ti] / [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] / [x x x x] ka [x x x] / [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 P336456.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336456). 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/P336456/.
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