SAA 08 155. (no title) (RMA 118) [unclassifiable]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336437

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If the moon is surrounded by a river: there will be great floods and cloudbreaks. (4) — The Frond star st[ood] in it. (5) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and the Bo[w star stands in it]: men will rage, and robberies will [become frequent] in the land. (r 1) From Nabû-muše[ṣi].

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

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Transliteration

1 30 ÍD NIGIN-⸢me⸣ / ri-iḫ-ṣu u ra-a-du / GAL-MEŠ GÁL-⸢MEŠ⸣ / MUL.A.EDIN ina ŠÀ-bi i-⸢zi⸣-[iz-ma] / 1 30 TÙR NIGIN-ma MUL.d⸢BAN⸣ [ina ŠÀ-šú GUB] / GURUŠ-MEŠ in-na-[da-ru-ma] / ḫu-ub-bu-tu ina KUR [i-man-du] / ša mdPA—mu-še-[ṣi]

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 P336437.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336437). 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/P336437/.

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