SAA 08 312. (no title) (RMA 236E) [unclassifiable]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237165

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) When Mars had completed the region of [...] it we[nt out] (and) slowed down [in] its course. (4) Until five days, [......] (5) where [......]. (Break) (r 1) [From] Zakir.

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

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Transliteration

⸢MUL⸣.ṣal-bat-a-nu qaq-qar šá [x x] / [ki]-i ú-gam-mi-ra it-⸢ta⸣-[ṣi] / ⸢ina?⸣ ta-lu-ki-šú un-de-eṭ-ṭu / a-di 05 UD-mu am-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] / [a]-šar ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / [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 P237165.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237165). 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/P237165/.

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