SAA 08 345. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 081F) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P236919

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [...... the moon] is seen with the sun [......] Subartu [......]. Subartu. (4) [The moon will re]ject [the day]. (5) [If the moon] becomes visible [in Iyyar (II)] on the 30th [day: the Ahlamû] will devour [the wealth of the] Westland. (r 3) [From Ašare]du.

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

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Transliteration

[x x x x 30] KI 20 IGI / [x x x x x] SU.BIR₄.KI / [x x x x x] SU.BIR₄.KI / [d30 UD-mu ú]-tar-ru / [1 30 ina ITI.GUD UD] 30-<KAM> IGI / [ṭuḫ-du KUR]—MAR.TU.KI / [LÚ.aḫ-la-mu-ú] KÚ / [šá ma-šá-ri]-du

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 P236919.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P236919). 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/P236919/.

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