Position in chronology
SAA 08 327. Conjunction of Saturn and Mars (RMA 172) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the moon in Adar (XII) on the 14th or the 15th day is not seen together with the sun: destruction of Ur. (3) If the moon becomes late at an inappropriate time and does not become visible: attack of a ruling city; years of ... [...]. (5) If on the 16th day the moon and sun [are seen] together: the king of Subartu [will have no] rival. (This is) from a [.....] tablet. (8) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [Mars stands in it]: loss of cattle; in all lands [cultivated fields and] dates will not prosper [......] ... [......]. (Break) (r 1) [If a strange star] comes close to a planet:…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
1 30 ina ITI.ŠE UD 14-KÁM lu UD 15-KÁM KI 20 NU IGI / NÍG.ḪA.LAM.MA ŠEŠ.UNUG.KI / 1 30 ina la si-ma-ni-šú uḫ-ḫi-ram-ma NU IGI / ZI-e URU ŠÚ-tú / MU-MEŠ šá ⸢x⸣+[x x]-ru / 1 UD 16-KÁM 30 u 20 KI a-ḫa-[meš IGI-MEŠ] / LUGAL SU.BIR₄.KI GABA.[RI NU TUK] / šá ŠÀ-bi DUB-pi [x x x x x] / 1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma MUL.[ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ-šú GUB] / ZÁḪ MÁŠ.ANŠE ina KUR DÙ.A.[BI me-re-šú] / ZÚ.LUM.MA NU SI.[SÁ x x…
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 P236880.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P236880/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P236880/.
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