Position in chronology
SAA 08 431. (no title) (RMA 177) [unclassifiable]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) If a sun disk stands above the moon, variant: below the moon: the foundation of the king's throne will become stable. (4) If a sun disk stands in the position of the moon: there will be truth in the land. (r 1) From Nabû-iqbi.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237865/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 AŠ.ME UGU-nu d30 / KI.MIN KI.TA-nu 30 GUB / LUGAL SUḪUŠ AŠ.TE-šú GIN-an / 1 AŠ.ME ina KI.GUB 30 GUB / kit-ti ina KUR GÁL-ši / 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 P237865.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P237865). 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/P237865/.
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