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SAA 08 173. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 161) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If on the 15th day the moon and sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gate. (5) If the moon becomes late at an inappropriate time and does not become visible: attack of a ruling city. (7) If the moon is hasty in its movement: business will diminish. (9) If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. (r 1) From Bamaya.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336476/
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Transliteration
1 UD 15-KAM 30 u 20 KI a-ḫa-meš IGI-MEŠ / LÚ.KÚR dan-nu GIŠ.TUKUL-MEŠ-šú / a-na KUR ÍL-ši / KÁ.GAL URU KÚR* ina-qar / 1 30 ina la si-ma-ni-šú uḫ-ḫi-ram-ma <NU> IGI.LAL / ti-bé-e URU kiš-šú-ti / 1 30 ina DU-šú e-zi / KI.LAM TUR-ir / 1 30 u 20 la ú-qi-ma ŠÚ-bi / na-an-dur UR.MAḪ-MEŠ / ù UR.BAR.RA-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 P336476.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336476). 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/P336476/.
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