SAA 08 419. Morning First of Mars (RMA 233) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237849

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) If Mars becomes visible in Elul (VI): the harvest of the land will prosper; the land will become happy. (4) If the red planet [becomes visible]: plenty for the people. (r 1) — Mars at its appearance carries radiance. (r 3) From Nabû-iqbi.

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

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Transliteration

1 ina ITI.KIN dṣal-bat-a-nu IGI-[ir] / BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SÁ / ŠÀ-bi KUR DÙG-ab / 1 MUL.UDU.IDIM SA₅ [IGI-ir] / nu-ḫu-uš UN-[MEŠ] / 1 dṣal-bat-an-nu ina IGI.DU₈.A-[šú] / šá-ru-ru ÍL-ma / šá mdAG—iq-bi

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 P237849.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237849). 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/P237849/.

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