SAA 08 169. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo (RMA 102) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336428

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo and Mars [stands] in it: [there will be] loss of cattle in all lands; the date plantation will not prosper; variant: the Westland will diminish. (5) If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: in all lands (people) will speak the truth; the son will sp[eak] the truth with his father. (8) If two stars st[and] in the halo of the moon: reigns of lon[g] days. (r 1) From Bamaya.

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

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Transliteration

[1] 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma dṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ-šú [GUB] / ZÁḪ bu-lim ina KUR DÙ.A.⸢BI⸣ [GÁL] / me-re-šú ZÚ.LUM.MA NU SI.SÁ / KI.MIN KUR—MAR.TU.KI TUR-[ir] / 1 20 ina ŠÀ TÙR 30 ⸢GUB⸣ / ina KUR DÙ.A.BI GI.NA i-ta-⸢mu⸣ / DUMU KI AD-šú kit-tú i-⸢ta⸣-[me] / 1 02 MUL-MEŠ ina TÙR 30 ⸢GUB⸣-[MEŠ] / BALA-MEŠ UD-MEŠ GÍD.⸢DA⸣-[MEŠ] / ša mba-ma-a.a

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 P336428.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336428). 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/P336428/.

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