SAA 08 350. Conjunction of Saturn and the Moon (RMA 216B) [planetary, lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237344

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) If a planet [stands at the left horn of the moon]: the king [will exercise] world dominion. (3) If the sun in ... [......]. (Break) (r 1) [...] Orion [...] Saturn [...]. (r 3) Signs of [...] come regul[arly] to the king [my] lord. (r 6) From Ašaredu.

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

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Transliteration

1 MUL.UDU.IDIM ina [SI KAB 30 GUB] / LUGAL ŠÚ-tú [DÙ-uš] / 1 20 ina ⸢DA?⸣ [x x x x] / [x x] MUL.SIPA.ZI.[AN.NA x x] / [x] MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.⸢UŠ⸣ [x x] / i-da-a-ti šá [x x] / a-na LUGAL be-li-[ia] / sa*-ad-[ra] / šá ma-šá-ri-du [o]

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 P237344.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237344). 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/P237344/.

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