Position in chronology
SAA 08 279. Eclipse of the Moon (RMA 274Q) [eclipses]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) The night of the 13th day there was no observation; let the son of the king sleep. (3) The n[ight] of the 14th day there was no observation; let the son of the king sleep. (5) The ni[ght of] the 15th day there was no observation; let the son of the king sleep. (7) The night of the 16th day, a great observation: the moon made an [ecli]pse; this eclipse of the moon [......] and (Break) (r 8) [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/P240143/
Why it matters
Transliteration
mu-ši šá UD 13-KAM* EN.NUN ia-aʾ-nu / DUMU—LUGAL li-it-til / ⸢mu⸣-[ši] šá UD 14-KÁM EN.NUN ia-aʾ-nu / DUMU—LUGAL li-it-til / mu-[ši šá] UD 15-KÁM EN.NUN ia-aʾ-nu / DUMU—LUGAL li-it-til / mu-ši šá UD 16-KÁM EN.NUN GAL-ti / [AN].MI d30 GAR-⸢an*⸣ AN*.MI šu-a-ti / d*30 [x x x x x x x]-ma / [šá m]dU.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 P240143.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P240143). 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/P240143/.
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