Position in chronology
SAA 08 408. Occultation of Old Man Star (RMA 246) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If the] Old Man star comes close to the top of the moon and stands there: [the king] will stand in triumph, [he] will become old and will extend his land. (4) [If the O]ld Man star comes close to the top of the moon and stands there, (and) enters the moon: the king will be pleasing to his land; there will be [tru]th and justice [in] his land. (r 1) [From] Rašil, son of Nurzanu.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[1 MUL].ŠU.GI ana UGU 30 SI₄-ma GUB / [LUGAL] ina li-ti GUB-zu / [i]-šam-ma KUR-su DAGAL-áš / [1 MUL].⸢ŠU⸣.GI ana UGU 30 SI₄-ma GUB / [ana ŠÀ] ⸢30* TU*-ub*⸣ LUGAL UGU KUR-šú DÙG-ab? / [kit]-ti u i-šar-ti / [ina] KUR-šú GÁL-ši / [šá] mTUK-ši—DINGIR DUMU mnu-úr-za-nu
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 P237897.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237897). 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/P237897/.
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