Position in chronology
SAA 08 254. Morning First of Jupiter in Iyyar (RMA 186) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If Jup]iter becomes steady in the morning: enemy [kings] will be reconciled. (3) [If Jupi]ter carries radiance: the king is we[ll; the land will become] happy; the land will see plenty. (5) [If J]upiter is bright: the king of Akkad will reach the highest rank. (7) [If] Engišgalanna becomes bright: [there will be] floods and rains. Engišgalanna is Jupit[er]. (r 1) If Jupiter becomes visible in Iyyar (II): the land [will eat] abundant food. (r 2) [If] Nēberu rises and the gods get peace: confused (things) will be made bright, blurred (things) will clear; rains and floods will come; the…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[1 MUL.SAG].ME.GAR ina še-er-ti ik-tu-[un] / [LUGAL-MEŠ] KÚR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ / [1 MUL.SAG.ME].GAR šá-ru-ru na-ši LUGAL šá-[lim] / [ŠÀ KUR] DÙG.GA KUR ḪÉ.NUN IGI-⸢mar⸣ / [1 MUL].SAG.ME.GAR ba-ʾi-il LUGAL URI.KI / [a]-šá-ri-du-tum il-⸢lak⸣ / [1] ⸢MUL⸣.EN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA i-ba-ʾi-il / A.KAL-ME u A.AN-ME [GÁL-ME] / MUL.EN.GIŠGAL.AN.NA : MUL.SAG.ME.[GAR] / 1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR ina ITI.GUD IGI KUR NINDA…
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 P336492.
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/P336492/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P336492/.
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