SAA 08 249. Morning First of Mercury (RMA 224) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237305

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) [Mercury] became visible [in Kislev (IX)]. (3) If a planet becomes visible in Kislev (IX): there will be robbers in the land. (r 1) From Nergal-eṭir.

State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

1 MUL.[UDU.IDIM x x ina ITI.GAN] / it-tan-mar / 1 MUL.UDU.IDIM ina ITI.GAN IGI-ir / ḫab-ba-a-ti ina KUR GÁL-MEŠ / 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 P237305.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237305). 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/P237305/.

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