SAA 08 319. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 063) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237881

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) If the moon becomes visible in Iyyar (II) on the 30th day: the Westlander will defeat Subartu in battle. (4) [From] Munnabitu.

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

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Transliteration

1 30 ina ITI.GUD UD 30-KÁM IGI / MAR.TU.KI-ú SU.BIR₄.KI / ina GIŠ.TUKUL GAZ-[ak] / [šá] mmun-na-bi-tu

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 P237881.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237881). 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/P237881/.

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