SAA 08 131. New Moon on 1st Day (ABL 0820) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P334573

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) We kept watch on the 29th day; we did not see the moon. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king my lord! (r 1) From Nabû'a of Assur.

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

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Transliteration

UD 29-KÁM / ma-ṣar-tu ni-ta-ṣar / d30 la né-mur / dAG ù dAMAR.UTU / a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia / lik-ru-bu / ša mna-bu-ú-a / ša URU.ŠÀ—URU

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 P334573.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334573). 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/P334573/.

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