Position in chronology
SAA 08 495. Earthquake (RMA 266A) [weather]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) [If in Shebat (XI)] there is an earthquake: [the furrow] will bring its [yiel]d, variant: will reduce (it); there will be [campai]gns of the enemy. (4) [If in Shebat (XI) the earth] quakes: the enemy will take up residence in the ruler's palace; [the ruler] will be humiliated [in the land] of his enemy. (6) [If the earth] quakes at night: worry for the land, [variant: abando]ning of the land. (r 1) An earthquake portends revolution. (r 2) [...] this [sig]n indicates attack of the enemy. Let [the king my lord] strengthen the guard everywhere (lit. right and left) where [...] is present. [Maybe an] enemy will come into being. (r 6) [From Šapiku] of Borsippa.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[1 ina ITI.ZÍZ] ri-i-bu i-ru-ub / [AB.SÍN GÚ].⸢UN⸣-sà ÍL KI.MIN LÁ-ṭa / [ger]-⸢ret⸣ KÚR GÁL-MEŠ / [1 ina ITI.ZÍZ KI] i-ru-ub ina É.GAL NUN KÚR TUŠ-ab / [NUN ina KUR] ⸢KÚR⸣-šú i-qal-lil / [1 KI ina] MI i-nu-uš na-zaq KUR / [KI.MIN] ⸢ŠUB⸣-e KUR / [1] ri-i-bu ana na-bal-kat-ti / [x x x] ⸢GISKIM⸣ an-nit šá ZI-ib KÚR ši-i / [LUGAL be-lí] EN.NUN 15 u 150 ⸢a?⸣-šar / [x x x]+⸢x⸣ qer-bu li-dan?-nin* / [mìn-de-ma] ⸢KÚR⸣ ib-ba-áš-ši / [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 P237899.
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/P237899/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P237899/.
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