Position in chronology
SAA 08 484. Mars Near Moon (RMA 246F) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If a star stands in front of the moon to the left: the king will exercise complete dominion. (3) If Mars comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: the moon god will resettle a ruined land. (5) If a star stands to the left of the moon: the enemy's land will experience destruction. (r 1) From Nabû-eriba.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
1 MUL ina IGI 30 150 GUB / LUGAL kiš-šu-tú DÙ-uš / 1 MUL.ṣal-bat-a-nu ana IGI 30 TE-ma GUB-iz / d30 KUR šul-pu-ut-ti ú-šeš-šib / 1 MUL ina 150 d30 GUB-iz / KUR KÚR šal-pu-ut-ti IGI-⸢mar⸣ / šá mdPA—ŠÚ-ba
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 P237858.
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/P237858/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237858/.
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