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SAA 08 263. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 069) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If the moon becomes visible in Sivan (III) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour the wealth of the Westland. (3) If the moon is red at its appearance: the land will see plenty; the land will enjoy abundant business. (5) If the moon is red at its appearance, and its left horn is blunt, its right horn pointed: you will drive back the enemy land; Adad will devastate. (r 1) If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank. (r 3) If the moon at its appearance becomes very bright: the harvest of the land will prosper. (r 5) In Sivan (III) on the 14th day the moon will be seen together with the sun. (r 7) 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/P336401/
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Transliteration
1 30 ina ITI.SIG₄ UD 30-KÁM ⸢IGI⸣-ir / ṭuḫ-du MAR.TU.KI aḫ-la-mu-ú KÚ / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú SA₅ KUR ḪÉ.NUN IGI / GÁN.BA nap-šá KUR KÚ / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú SA₅-ma SI KAB-šú ke-pat / SI ZAG-šú ed-de-et / KUR KÚR ta-sà-kip dIM RA / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú AGA a-pir / LUGAL a-šá-ri-du-ti il-lak / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú ma-gal ib-ta-ʾi-il / BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SÁ / 1 ina ITI.SIG₄ UD 14-KÁM 30 KI 20 / in-nam-mar / 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 P336401.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336401). 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/P336401/.
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