SAA 08 532. Haloes of Moon and Sun (RMA 116) [lunar, solar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238123

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... the floo]d will come. A halo of plenty is a halo [......]. (2) [...] on the 5th day is surrounded by a halo and [......]. (3) [If the moon] at night (and) the sun during daytime [is surrounded] by a halo: [...] it will rain.

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

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Transliteration

[x x A].⸢KAL⸣ DU-kam TÙR ḪÉ.NUN TÙR [x x] / [x x] UD 05-KÁM TÙR NÍGIN-ma [x x] / [1 30] ina MI 20 ina ur-ri TÙR [NIGIN] / [x x] AN-ú ŠUR-nun [o]

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 P238123.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P238123). 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/P238123/.

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