SAA 08 292. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 064) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237338

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) If the moon becomes visible in Iyyar (II) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will dev[our] the wealth of the Westland. (4) From Nabû-iqiša of Bo[rsippa].

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

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Transliteration

1 30 ina ITI.GUD UD 30-KÁM IGI-[ir] / ṭuḫ-da MAR.TU.KI / LÚ.aḫ-la-mu-ú ⸢KÚ⸣ / šá mdAG—BA-šá DUMU ⸢BÁR⸣.[SIPA.KI]

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 P237338.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237338). 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/P237338/.

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