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SAA 08 091. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 140) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. (3) — It is seen on the [15]th day with the sun. (4) If the moon is seen at an inappropriate time: dispersal of a ci[ty]. (6) — It is seen on the 15th day with the sun. Afterwards, in Tishri (VII), the [moon] will complete the day. (r 3) From Balasî.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336460/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 30 20 la ú-qí-ma ir-bi / na-an-du-ur UR.MAḪ-MEŠ u UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ / UD [15]-KÁM it-ti dUTU IGI-ma / 1 30 ina la si-ma-<ni>-šú IGI / sa-pa-aḫ ⸢URU⸣ / UD 15-KÁM it-ti dUTU IGI-[ma] / EGIR-šú ina ITI.DU₆ d[30] / UD-mu ú-šal-lam / 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 P336460.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336460). 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/P336460/.
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