SAA 08 277. Jupiter in Lunar Halo (RMA 092) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237312

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and Jupiter stands in it: the king of Akkad will be shut up. (4) From Nergal-eṭir.

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

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Transliteration

[1 30] ⸢TÙR⸣ NIGIN-ma / ⸢MUL⸣.SAG.ME.GAR ina ŠÀ-šú GUB / LUGAL URI.KI ú-ta-sar / 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 P237312.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237312). 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/P237312/.

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