SAA 08 183. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 072) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336403

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) If the moon becomes visible in Ab (V) on the [30]th day: dispersal of Akkad. (3) If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: there will be frost, variant: rumor of the enemy. (6) [From] Urad-Ea.

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

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Transliteration

1 30 ina ITI.NE UD [30]-KAM IGI / BIR KUR—URI.KI / 1 30 UD 30-KAM IGI.LAL / šu-ru-up-pu-ú / KI.MIN GÙ LÚ.KÚR GÁL-ši / [ša m]ARAD—dÉ.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 P336403.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336403). 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/P336403/.

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