Position in chronology
SAA 08 488. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 144D) [lunar]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) On this day, the 14th day, the moon and sun looked at each other. This is its interpretation: (4) If on the 14th day the moon and sun (Break) (r 1) [If the moon and sun] are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (r 3) I.e., (the moon) was seen on the 14(!)th day with the sun. (r 4) From Nadinu.
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P238717/
Why it matters
Transliteration
UD-mu an-nu-ú UD 14-KAM / d30 u dUTU a-ḫa-meš i-tam-ru / an-nu-ú pi-ši-ir-šú / 1 UD 14-KÁM d30 u dUTU / [1 30 u 20] šu-ta-tu-ú / LUGAL KUR ḫa-si-si DAGAL-áš / šá UD 15-KÁM it-ti dUTU in-nam-ru / šá mna-di-nu
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 P238717.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238717). 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/P238717/.
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