Position in chronology
SAA 08 326. Morning First of Jupiter near Pleiades (RMA 187A) [planetary]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [If J]upiter becomes visible in Iyyar (II): [the land wil]l eat abundant food. (3) [If J]upiter becomes visible in the p[ath of the Anu stars: the flo]od will come, and the harvest of the land will prosper. (5) [If J]upiter is red at its appearance: there will be [abun]dance in Akkad. (7) [If] Marduk reaches the Pleiades: there will be [...] ... (r 1) [From A]šaredu the older, [servant] of the king.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P238065/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[1 MUL].SAG.ME.GAR ina ITI.GUD IGI / [KUR] ⸢NINDA*⸣-ḪI.A nap*-šá* [ik]-kal* / [1 MUL].SAG.ME.GAR ina ⸢KASKAL*⸣ [šu-ut da-nu] IGI / [A].⸢KAL*⸣ DU-ma BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SÁ / [1 MUL].SAG.ME.GAR ina IGI.LAL-šú SA₅ / [ḪÉ].⸢NUN*⸣ ina KUR—URI.KI GÁL-ši / [1 d]AMAR.UTU MUL.MUL KUR-ud / [x x]-si-šú GÁL-ši / [šá ma]-šá-ri-du IGI-ú / [ARAD] šá LUGAL
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 P238065.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238065). 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/P238065/.
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