Position in chronology
SAA 08 244. Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter (RMA 162) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) On the 15th day the moon and sun were seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down my city gate. (4) The moon will become visible in Iyyar (II) on the 30th day. (5) If the moon becomes visible in Iyyar (II) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour the wealth of the Westland. (7) The moon will be seen in Iyyar (II) on the 16th day together with the sun. (r 2) If Jupiter goes with Venus: there will be praying of the land to the gods. (r 4) Marduk and Zarpanitu will hear the prayers of your troops and will have mercy on your troops. (r 7) Let them give me a donkey so that I can let my feet recover thereby. (r.e. 9) From Nergal-eṭir.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
UD 15-KÁM 30 ù 20 KI a-ḫa-meš IGI-MEŠ / KÚR ⸢dan⸣-nu GIŠ.TUKUL-MEŠ-šú ana KUR ÍL-a / KÁ.GAL URU-ia KÚR i-na-qar / 1 30 ina ITI.GUD UD 30-KÁM in-na-mar / 1 30 ina ITI.GUD UD 30-KÁM IGI ṭuḫ-du MAR.TU.KI / aḫ-<la>-mu-ú KÚ / 1 30 ina ITI.GUD UD 16-KÁM it-ti dUTU / in-na-mar / 1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR it-ti MUL.dil-bat il-lak / un-nin KUR ana ŠÀ DINGIR-MEŠ ib-ba-áš-šú-ú / dAMAR.UTU u dzar-pa-ni-tum ṣu-le-e /…
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 P240142.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P240142/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P240142/.
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