SAA 08 261. New Moon (RMA 052A) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P236990

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [...] moon [and] sun [......]. (3) (Break) (6) [...] the 5th [day] is favorable [...]. (7) In Sivan (III) on the 28th day the moon will stand there [and] will not disappear. (r 2) The moon will comp[lete] the day [...... normal] length on the day [...] ... (r 5) [...] will reach the Westland. (r 6) [From] Nergal-eṭir.

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

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Transliteration

[x x x] 30 [x x] dUTU / [x x x x x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x] / [x x x UD] 05-KÁM ⸢ŠE.GA?⸣ [x x x] / ITI.SIG₄ UD 28-KÁM 30 GUB-[ma] / ul i-tab-bal / [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ d30 UD-mu ú-šal-[lam-ma] / [mi]-na-a-ti ina UD-mu ⸢x⸣+[x x] / [x] i-nam-⸢ma⸣ / [x x x] ⸢x⸣ KUR—MAR.TU.KI ⸢i*⸣-kaš*-šad* / [šá md]U.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 P236990.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P236990). 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/P236990/.

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