Position in chronology
SAA 08 219. Mars Near Scorpius (RMA 239) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If the Plough star [comes close] to Scorp[ius]: the ruler [will die] by a sting of a scorpion; after him his son will no[t take] the throne; the mind of the land will change, the land [will get] another lord; the border of the land will not be stable; lamentation of th[e great gods over the land]. (6) — Mars [came close] to [Scorpius].
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336537/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 MUL.APIN ana MUL.GÍR.[TAB TE] / NUN ina zi-qit GÍR.TAB [BA.ÚŠ] / EGIR-šú DUMU-šú AŠ.TE ⸢NU⸣ [DIB-bat] / UMUŠ KUR MÌN-ni KUR EN MÌN-ma [TUK-ši] / ku-dúr KUR NU GI.NA I.dUTU ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ana KUR] / ⸢MUL⸣.ṣal-bat-a-nu a-na MUL.[GÍR.TAB TE-ma]
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 P336537.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336537). 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/P336537/.
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