Position in chronology
SAA 08 567. Hemerology for Month Iyyar [calendrical]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) In Iyyar (II) on the 20th day let him gi[ve] bread [...] (2) opposite the gate of the sacred rooms of the temple of Nusku [......] (3) their sick eyes which ... [......]. (4) In Iyyar (II) on the 20th day let him [kill] a [sn]ake: he will reach the highest rank. (6) Snake ... [......]. (Break) (r 1) ... [......] (r 2) of the king ... [...] (r 3) and Adad-[......] (r 4) bodyguard ... [...] went, (r 5) he killed Kudurru, son of Bel-[...], an informer, and when he denou[nced] Bel-naṣir ... [...], (r 8) these months in front [...] (r 9) staff-bearer [......].
Source: Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P238089/
Why it matters
Transliteration
1 ina ITI.GUD UD 20-KÁM NINDA-ḪI.A MA.AN.⸢SUM⸣ [x x x] / IGI-it KÁ pa-pa-ḫat É—dPA.⸢TÚG⸣ [x x] / IGI.2-šú-⸢nu⸣ GIG-⸢MEŠ⸣ šá ṭu-ub x ⸢x⸣+[x x] / 1 ina ITI.GUD UD 20-KÁM ⸢MUŠ⸣ ḪÉ.EN.[GAZ] / a-šá-ri-du-tú DU-⸢ak⸣ / ⸢x⸣ MUŠ ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] / ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] / šá LUGAL a-na ⸢pu?⸣-[x x x x] / ù mdIM—⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] / LÚ.qur-ru-bu-ti ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] / il-li-ku mNÍG.GUB DUMU md⸢EN⸣—[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 P238089.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238089). 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/P238089/.
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