Position in chronology
SAA 08 341. Morning First of Mars in Gemini (RMA 231) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If] in Tammuz (IV) Mars becomes visible: the cemetery of warriors will enlarge. (3) [If] a planet stands in the north: there will be deaths; attack of the king of Akkad against the enemy land. (5) If a strange star (= Mars) comes close to Gemini: the king will die, and there will be hostility. (7) If Mars [......]. (r 1) If Mars [......]: in that year the king of Ela[m ...]. (r 3) May the lord of kings be everlasting! (r 4) From Ašaredu the younger.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[1] ina ITI.ŠU dṣal-bat-a-nu IGI-ir / KI.NÁ qu-ra-du DAGAL-iš / [1] ⸢d⸣UDU.IDIM ina IM.SI.SÁ GUB-iz / ÚŠ-MEŠ GÁL-MEŠ ZI-bu LUGAL URI.KI ana KUR KÚR / 1 MUL.MÌN-ma ana MUL.MAŠ.TAB.BA TE-ḫi / LUGAL ÚŠ-ma MÍ.KÚR GÁL-ši / 1 dṣal-bat-[a-nu x x x x] / ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] / 1 dṣal-bat-a-nu [x x x x] / ina MU BI LUGAL NIM.[MA.KI x x] / EN LUGAL-MEŠ lu da-ri / šá ma-šá-ri-du qa-at-nu
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 P237860.
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/P237860/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237860/.
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