Position in chronology
SAA 08 198. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 155A) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If on the 14th day the moon and] sun [are seen] toget[her: reliable speech]; the land will become [happy; the gods] will remember Akkad favorab[ly; joy] among the troops; the king will become happy; the c[attl]e of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (8) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reli[able] speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make the throne last long. (r 1) If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land wi[ll widen] his understanding. (r 3) From the day [...] (r 4) day [......] (r 5) night [......] (r 6) day [......].
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336469/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[1 UD 14-KAM 30 u] 20 KI a-ḫa-[meš IGI-MEŠ] / [KA GI.NA] ŠÀ-bi KUR [DÙG-ab] / [DINGIR-MEŠ] KUR—URI.[KI] / [a-na] SIG₅ i-ḫa-sa-su / [ḫu-ud] ŠÀ-bi ERIM-ni ŠÀ-bi LUGAL DÙG-ab / ⸢MÁŠ.ANŠE⸣ KUR—URI.KI / ina EDIN par-ga-niš NÁ-iṣ / 1 d30 u dUTU šit-qu-⸢lu⸣ / KUR i-ka-na at-mu-u ki-[i-nu] / ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR-⸢an⸣ / LUGAL KUR GIŠ.AŠ.TE SUMUN-bar / 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-ú / LUGAL KUR GIŠ.TÚG.PI ⸢DAGAL-áš⸣ / TAv ŠÀ-bi UD-me [x x x] / UD-mu ⸢x⸣ [x x x] / mu-šu [x x x x x x x] / UD-mu [x x x x x x x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]
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 P336469.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336469). 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/P336469/.
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