SAA 08 171. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 081B) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336412

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) [If the moon is seen in Elul (VI) on the 30th day: dispersal] of Su[bartu]. (3) [If the moon] is seen on the 30th [day]: [there will b]e frost; variant: rumor of the enemy. (5) From Bamaya.

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

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Transliteration

[1 30 ina ITI.KIN UD 30-KÁM IGI.LAL] / [BIR]-⸢aḫ⸣ KUR.SU.[BIR₄.KI] / [1 30 UD] 30-KÁM IGI.⸢LAL⸣ / [šu]-ru-up-pu-u : GÙ KÚR [GÁL-ši] / 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 P336412.

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/P336412/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336412/.

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