Position in chronology
SAA 08 455. Occultation of Pleiades (RMA 241) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the Pleiades come close to the top of the moon and stand there: the king will exercise world dominion, his land will expand. (4) If at the appearance of the moon the Pleiades stand at its side: the king will exercise world dominion; his land will submit to him. (7) If the Pleiades [enter the moon] and come o[ut] to the north: Akkad will become happy; the king of Akkad will become strong and have no rival. (r 5) From Bel-ahhe-eriba, son of Lâbaši-ilu.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
1 MUL.MUL ana UGU 30 SI₄-ma / GUB-iz LUGAL ŠÚ-tú DÙ-uš / KUR-su DAGAL-iš / 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú MUL.MUL ina Á-šú / GUB-MEŠ LUGAL ŠÚ-tú DÙ-uš / KUR-su GAM*-su / [1*] MUL.MUL [ana ŠÀ 30 TU]-⸢MEŠ*-ma⸣ / ana IM.SI.SÁ ⸢È⸣-[MEŠ] / ŠÀ KUR—URI.KI DÙG-ab / LUGAL URI.KI KALAG.GA-ma / GABA.RI NU TUK-ši / šá mdEN—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—eri-ba DUMU mla—a-ba-ši—DINGIR
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 P237930.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P237930/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237930/.
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