SAA 08 356. Morning First of Jupiter in Sagittarius (RMA 190A) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237961

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If in Marchesvan (VIII)] Jupiter becomes visible: [one king] will send hateful messages to another. (3) [If Jupiter] becomes visible in the mišhu of Sagittarius: there will be [kil]lings. (r 1) [From] Aplaya of Borsippa.

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

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Transliteration

[1 ina ITI.APIN] MUL.SAG.ME.GAR IGI-ir / [LUGAL ana] LUGAL zi-ra-a-ti KIN-ár / [1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR] ina mi-ši-iḫ / [MUL.PA].BIL.SAG IGI-ir / [šag]-⸢ga*⸣-šá*-a*-ti GÁL-MEŠ / [šá m]⸢DUMU⸣.UŠ-a DUMU bar-sip.KI

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 P237961.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237961). 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/P237961/.

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