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SAA 08 298. Hyades in Lunar Halo (RMA 049) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If the moon rides a chariot in month Sililiti: the dominion of the king of Akkad will prosper, and his hand will capture his enemies. Sililiti is Shebat (XI). (5) I.e. In Shebat (XI) (the moon) was surrounded by a halo in the Old Man. (r 1) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Hyades stand in it: the king is well; there will be truth and justice in the land. (r 4) [From] Nabû-iqiša of Borsippa.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237297/
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Transliteration
1 30 ina ITI.si-li-li-ti GIŠ.GIGIR ra-kib / LUGAL URI.KI ni-ir-šú iš-šìr-ma / a.a-bi-šú ŠU.2-su KUR-ád / ITI.si-li-li-ti ITI.ZÍZ / ⸢šá⸣ ITI.ZÍZ ina ŠÀ-bi MUL.ŠU.GI / TÙR NIGIN-mi-ma / [1] 30 TÙR NIGIN-ma MUL.AN.NA—AGA / ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-iz LUGAL šá-lim / ⸢kit⸣-ti u mi-šá-ri ina KUR GÁL-ši / [ša] 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 P237297.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P237297). 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/P237297/.
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