SAA 08 363. Regulus Near Moon (RMA 197) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237856

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) If Regulus comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: the king will live for many days, but the land will not prosper. (4) From Aplaya.

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

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Transliteration

1 MUL.LUGAL ana IGI 30 TE-ma GUB / LUGAL UD-MEŠ ma-du-ti DIN-uṭ / KUR NU SI.SÁ / šá mDUMU.UŠ-a

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 P237856.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237856). 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/P237856/.

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