SAA 08 375. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 081C) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P236922

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If the moon in Sivan (III)] becomes visible on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour [the wealth] of the Westland. (4) [From Nabû]-šuma-iškun.

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

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Transliteration

[1 30 ina ITI.SIG₄] UD 30-KÁM IGI / [ṭuḫ-du KUR]—⸢MAR⸣.TU.KI / [aḫ-la-mu]-ú KÚ / [ša mdAG]—MU—GAR-un

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 P236922.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P236922). 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/P236922/.

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