Position in chronology
SAA 08 245. Conjunction of Mercury and Regulus (RMA 199A) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If Regulus is black: the commander of the palace will die. — Mercury stands together with Regulus. (3) If [......] will be good. [......] stands [...] Leo. (5) If a planet comes close to Regulus: the son [of the king] who [lives] in a city on my border will make a rebellion against his father, but [will not seize the throne]; some son of the king [will come out and seize] the throne; he will restore [the temples] and establish sacrifices of the gods; he will provide jointly for (all) the temples. (r 5) From Nergal-eṭir.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P236989/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 MUL.LUGAL GI₆ GAL.UKKIN É.GAL ÚŠ / ⸢MUL.UDU.IDIM.GUD⸣.UD it-ti MUL.LUGAL GUB-ma / 1 MUL.<$x x x$> [x] DÙG.⸢GA⸣ / MUL.<$x x x$> MUL.UR.GU.LA GUB-[ma] / 1 MUL.UDU.IDIM ana MUL.LUGAL TE DUMU—[LUGAL] / šá i-na URU ZAG-⸢ia⸣ [aš-bu] / ana AD-šú ḪI.GAR DÙ-uš-⸢ma⸣ [GIŠ.GU.ZA NU DIB-bat] / DUMU—LUGAL ma-na-⸢ma⸣ [È-ma] / GIŠ.GU.ZA ⸢DIB⸣ [É—DINGIR-MEŠ] / ana áš-ri-[ši-na] GUR-⸢ár SÁ⸣.DUG₄ ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ] / ú-ka-nu É.KUR-MEŠ 01-niš i-za-⸢na⸣-[an] / šá mdU.GUR—KAR-ir
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 P236989.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P236989). 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/P236989/.
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