Position in chronology
SAA 08 247. Evening First of Venus Before Cancer (RMA 207B) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If Venus] becomes visible in Sivan (III): fall of the enemy. (2) [If Venus] is risen [in winter] in the east, [at harvest time in the west]: enemy kings [will be reconciled; the harvest of the land will prosper; the land] will eat good [bread; reconciliation and peace] will take place everywhere. (6) [If the rising of Venus] is seen [early: the king of the land] will extend [the life]. (8) If [the Goat star comes close to Cancer]: there will be reconciliation [and peace in the land; the gods will have mercy on the land; emp]ty [storage bins will be fill]ed; the harvest of the land will…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[1 MUL.dil-bat ina] ITI.SIG₄ IGI-ir ŠUB-tum LÚ.KÚR / [1 MUL.dil-bat ina EN.TE].⸢NA⸣ ina dUTU.È / [ina BURU₁₄ ina dUTU.ŠÚ.A] nap-ḫat LUGAL-MEŠ KÚR-MEŠ / [SILIM-MEŠ BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SÁ KUR NINDA-ḪI].A DÙG.GA KÚ / [taš-mu-ú u sa-li-mu] ⸢ka⸣-liš GAR-an / [1 MUL.dil-bat MUL-šá iḫ-ru-um-ma] IGI-ir / [LUGAL KUR TI.LA] ur-rak / [1 MUL.ÙZ a-na MUL.AL.LUL TE] taš-mu-ú / [u sa-li-mu ina KUR GÁL]-ši /…
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 P238046.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238046). 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/P238046/.
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