SAA 08 358. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 079A) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238070

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If] the moon [becomes visible] in Tebet (X) on the [30th day: the Ahlamû will devour] Subartu; a foreigner will rule [the Westland]. (5) [From] Aplaya of Borsippa.

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

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Transliteration

[1] 30 ina ITI.AB UD [30-KÁM IGI] / SU.BIR₄.KI aḫ-[la-mu-u KÚ] / EME a-ḫi-tum KUR—[MAR.TU.KI] / EN-⸢el*⸣ / [šá] mDUMU.UŠ-a DUMU BÁR.SIPA.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 P238070.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238070). 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/P238070/.

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