SAA 08 513. (no title) (RMA 023A) [unclassifiable]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P239098

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(Beginning destroyed) (1) If the moon is not seen [......]. (2) If the moon is not seen: the gods will make an [unfavorable] decision [about the land ......]. (4) If (the moon) wears a crown of clouds: young [cattle will not prosper]; the south wind will rise and the ha[rvest ...] ... and will perish; fruit [......] the moon at [its] appearance [......]. (r 1) Watch of [......] cl[ouds (Rest destroyed)

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

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Transliteration

1 30 NU IGI [x x x x x x] / 1 30 NU IGI DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GALGA KUR ana ḪUL-tim] / ⸢GALGA⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x] / 1 AGA IM.DIRI a-pir zi-[qit-tu NU SI.SÁ] / IM.U₁₈.LU ZI-ma ⸢BURU₁₄⸣ [x x x] / MÌN UG-ma ZÁḪ : GURUN [x x x x] / 30 ina IGI.LAL-[šú x x x x x] / EN.NUN šá [x x x x x] / ⸢IM⸣.[DIRI x x x x x]

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 P239098.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P239098). 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/P239098/.

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