SAA 08 117. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 003) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336370

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) [If the moon] becomes visible [on the 1st day]: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (5) From Bulluṭu.

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

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Transliteration

[1 30 UD 01-KÁM] IGI-ir / KA GI.NA ŠÀ KUR DÙG.GA / 1 UD a-na ŠID-MEŠ-šú GÍD.DA / BALA UD-MEŠ GÍD.DA-MEŠ / ša mbu-ul-lu-ṭi

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 P336370.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336370). 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/P336370/.

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