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SAA 08 307. Scorpius in Lunar Halo (RMA 108) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Scorpius stands in it: entu-priestesses will be made pregnant; men, variant: lions will rage and cut off traffic. (6) The sign does not affect (us). Because of the king's watch I wrote to the king my lord. (r 3) From Zakir.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
1 30 TÙR NIGIN-ma MUL.GÍR.TAB / ina ŠÀ-šú GUB NIN.DINGIR.RA-ME / uš-taḫ-ḫa-a NITA-ME / : UR.MAḪ-ME ÚŠ-ME-ma / A.RÁ KUD-ME / it-tum ul ta-lap-pat / áš-šú ma-aṣ-ṣar-tum šá LUGAL / ana LUGAL EN-ía áš-pu-ra / šá mza-kir
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 P237636.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237636). 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/P237636/.
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