SAA 08 492. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 002) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P236987

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(1) [If the moon] becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: the days of the reign will become long. (r 1) From Šapiku of [Borsippa].

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

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Transliteration

[1 30] UD 01-KÁM IGI-ir / KA GI.NA ŠÀ KUR DÙG-ab / 1 UD a-na ŠID-MEŠ-šú GÍD.DA / UD-MEŠ BALA-e GÍD.⸢DA⸣-MEŠ / šá mšá-pi-ku DUMU [BÁR.SIPA.KI]

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 P236987.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P236987). 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/P236987/.

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