SAA 08 180. Saturn in Leo (RMA 246D) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336544

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] heat [......] ... [......]. (r 3) If Leo is black: [the land will not become] happy. (r 4) The black star is [Saturn]. (r 5) From Šumaya.

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

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Transliteration

[x] um-šu [x x x x x] / [x] KÚR?-ma IM.[x x x x x x] / 1 MUL.UR.GU.LA GI₆ ŠÀ [KUR NU DÙG.GA] / 1 MUL—GI₆ dUDU.[IDIM.SAG.UŠ] / ša mšu-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 P336544.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336544). 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/P336544/.

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