Position in chronology
SAA 08 305. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 272C) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If] the moon becomes visible in Adar (XII) on the 30th day: there will be an eclipse of the sun. (2) [If the moon is surroun]ded [by a black halo]: the month holds rain. — [......] is seen. (4) [......] Adar (XII) watch [......] it is near to let (it) pass. [Maybe the king] will say as follows: ["Why did] you write an undecided word?" — (8) [... from] Kislev (IX) until now [...] was loosened, and the moon and the stars [......] were loose and [......] is not near; to [......] is near. (r 4) [...... who] went [...], placed [......], (and) the people of my house [......]. The women he gave…
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P238716/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[1] 30 ina ITI.⸢ŠE⸣ UD 30-KÁM IGI.LAL AN.MI 20 GAR-an / [1 30 TÙR GI₆] ⸢NIGIN*⸣ ITI A.AN ú-kal / [x x x x x x] IGI-ma / [x x x x x x] ITI.ŠE EN.NUN / [x x x x x] a-na ⸢šu⸣-[tu]-qu qé-ru-ub / [mìn-de-ma LUGAL i]-qab-bi um-ma / [mi-nam-ma a]-⸢mat la pa⸣-ri-is-tum taš-pur / [x x x ul-tu] ITI.GAN a-di UGU en-na / [x x x x x] ip-pa-ṭir-ma 30 u MUL-ME [o?] / [x x x x x] paṭ-ru-ma / [x x x x x] ul…
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 P238716.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238716). 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/P238716/.
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