SAA 08 443. Occultation of Pleiades (RMA 243A) [planetary]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238063

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If] the Pleiades enter the moon and come out to the north: Akkad will become happy; the king of Akkad will become strong and have no rival. (6) From Ṭabiya.

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

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Transliteration

[1] MUL.MUL ana ŠÀ 30 TU-MEŠ-ma / ana IM.SI.SÁ È-MEŠ / ŠÀ-bi KUR—URI.KI i-ṭa-ab / LUGAL URI.KI i-dan-nin-ma / GABA.RI NU TUK-ši / šá mṭa-bi-ia

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 P238063.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238063). 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/P238063/.

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