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SAA 08 098. Fog (RMA 251) [weather]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If a fog rolls in Shebat (XI): eclipse of the land of the Kassites. (3) If there is fog in the land: plenty for the people. (4) If fog lasts in the land: the land's dynasty will rule the world. (5) If a fog rolls on the day of the city god: (this) is not written down; this is a propitious fog, it is not considered bad. (7) This night a star stood [in] the head of Scorpius in front of the moon. The omen from it does not portend anything (bad), it will not be excerpted at all. (r 4) If the Obsidian star (and) Antares, which stand in the br[east] of Sc[orpius, s]tood in front of the moon, this is a normal sign. (r 8) Let them intercalate a month; all the stars of the sky have fallen behind. Adar (XII) must not pass unfavorably; let them intercalate!
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336549/
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Transliteration
1 ina ITI.ZÍZ IM.DUGUD iq-tur / AN.MI KUR.kaš-ši-i / 1 ina KUR IM.DUGUD GÁL-ši nu-ḫuš UN-MEŠ / 1 ina KUR IM.DUGUD sa-dir BALA KUR kiš-šú-tú BE-el / 1 ina UD DINGIR URU IM.DUGUD iq-tur la šá-ṭi-ir / IM.DUGUD SIG₅ šu-u a-na ḪUL la uk-ta-la / i-na mu-ši an-ni-i-e kak-ka-bu / [ina] SAG.DU ša MUL.GÍR.TAB / ina IGI d30 it-ti-ti-iz / GISKIM-šú la i-lap-pa-[at] / la-áš-šú la in-na-sa-[ḫa] / šum-ma…
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 P336549.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336549). 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/P336549/.
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