Position in chronology
SAA 08 211. Morning First of Jupiter (RMA 191A) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If] Jupit[er rises] in the path of [the Enlil stars]: the king will become strong and [have no rival]. (3) If Jupiter at its appearance [is red: there will be] plenty and wealth in [Akkad]. (5) — At its appearance the north wind [blew]. (r 1) If Jupiter is br[ight]: the king [will reach] the highest rank. (Rest destroyed)
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336495/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[1] MUL.SAG.ME.[GAR] ina KASKAL šu-[ut dEN.LÍL KUR-ḫa] / LUGAL i-dan-nin-ma [GABA.RI NU TUK-ši] / 1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR ina IGI.LAL-[šú SA₅] / ḪÉ.NUN maš-ru-ú ina KUR—[URI.KI GÁL-ši] / ina IGI.LAL-šú IM.SI.SÁ [DU-ma] / 1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR ⸢ba⸣-[il] / LUGAL a-šá-ri-du-⸢tú⸣ [DU]
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 P336495.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336495). 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/P336495/.
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