SAA 08 431. (no title) (RMA 177) [unclassifiable]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237865

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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.

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

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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.earth/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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