SAA 08 417. Fog in Shebat (RMA 249A) [weather]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237298

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) If a fog rol[ls] in Shebat (XI): eclipse of the Kassites. (3) From Nabû-iqbi of Cutha.

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

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Transliteration

1 ina ITI.ZÍZ IM.DUGUD iq-⸢tur⸣ / AN.MI kaš-ši-i / šá mdAG—iq-bi / DUMU GÚ.DU₈.A.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 P237298.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237298). 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/P237298/.

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