Position in chronology
SAA 08 168. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo on Full Moon Day (RMA 099) [planetary, lunar]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If [on the 16th] day [the moon and sun] are seen [together: one king] will send [hostile messages to another]; the king will be shut up [in his palace for the length of a month]; the step [of the enemy] will be set [towards] his [land]; the enemy will march around [victoriously in his land]. (6) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and the sun stands in the halo of the moon: they will speak the truth in all lands; the son will speak the truth with his father; universal peace. (10) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and Mars stands in it: loss of cattle in all lands; the date plantation…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
1 UD [16-KÁM 30 u 20 KI a-ḫa-meš] IGI-MEŠ / [LUGAL ana LUGAL MÍ.KÚR] KIN / LUGAL [ina É.GAL-šú ana mi-na-at ITI] ú-ta-sar / GÌR.2 ⸢LÚ⸣.[KÚR ana KUR]-šú GAR-an / LÚ.KÚR [ina KUR-šú šal-ṭa-niš] DU.DU-ak / 1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma dUTU ina ŠÀ TÙR 30 GUB-iz / ina KUR DÙ.A.BI kit-tú i-ta-mu-u / DUMU KI AD-šú kit-tú i-ta-ma / sa-li-im kiš-šá-ti / 1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma dṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ-šú GUB / ZÁḪ MÁŠ.ANŠE…
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 P336426.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P336426/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336426/.
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