SAA 08 207. Observations of the Moon (ABL 1408) [lunar]

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P334889

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 8

High confidence

(1) (Beginning destroyed) (2) [On the 29th day], a possible solar eclipse. (3) [In the month ..., on the 1st day], the moon became visible. (4) [... The night] of the 11th day [was cloudy; in the] morning [watch] the moon came out. (6) [In the daytime of] the 11th day there was much [...], the moon set. (8) [The ni]ght of the 12th day [was cloudy; in] the morning [watch] the moon came out. (r 1) [The daytime of the 1]2th day was cloudy, the setting of the moon was not visible. (r 2) The night of the 13th day [was cloudy, in] the morning [watch] the moon came out. (r 4) [The daytime of the…

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

Transliteration

[x x x x x] u ni ri / [UD 29?-KÁM] AN.MI dUTU GAR-an / [ITI.x UD 01?]-KÁM 30 IGI / [x x x MI] šá UD 11-KÁM / [IM.DIRI EN.NUN—UD].ZAL 30 È / [x x UD-mu šá] UD 11-KÁM / [x x x x]-i ma-ʾa-ad 30 ŠÚ / [x x x x] ⸢MI*⸣ šá UD 12-KÁM / [IM.DIRI EN.NUN]—UD.ZAL 30 È / [UD-mu šá UD] ⸢12⸣-KÁM IM.DIRI GAR ŠÚ-u šá 30 NU IGI / [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MI šá UD 13-KÁM / [IM.DIRI EN.NUN]—UD.ZAL 30 È / [UD-mu šá UD] ⸢13⸣…

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 P334889.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334889). 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/P334889/.

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