Position in chronology
SAA 08 231. Hemerology (ABL 1405) [calendrical]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(Beginning destroyed) (1) [whatever he sa]ys, is en[tirely] favorable. (3) You convict two doves, male and female, before Šamaš, (saying): (5) "Šamaš, you are the judge o[f heaven] and earth. [Uncl]ench for me the [power]ful fist of god, [king, magnate or prince]!" (Break) (r 1) [He will obtain] hi[s] desire like a god. Let him enter an inn: he will prolong (his) life. (r 3) He may eat emmer bread, he may drink emmer beer; (r 4) He may eat beef, mutton and fowl; he may not eat garlic, leek or fish; afterwards, he should embrace happiness. (r 7) He may not approach a woman; he should sleep in a secluded place. (r 10) All the gods [......] (Rest destroyed)
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
[e-ma i]-⸢qab⸣-bu-u / ⸢ka*⸣-[liš] ma-gi-ir / 02 TU.MUŠEN-MEŠ NITA u MÍ / ina IGI dUTU ⸢ta*⸣-da*-an-ši-na-tú / dUTU DI.KUD ⸢ša⸣ [AN-e] u KI.TIM / at-⸢ta*⸣-ma / rit-⸢ta⸣ [dan]-⸢na⸣-ta / ⸢ša DINGIR⸣ [(u d15) LUGAL IDIM u NUN šup]-⸢ṭi⸣-ra / ki-ma DINGIR ⸢ni-iz-mat ŠA-šú⸣ [KUR-ád] / a-na É LÚ.TIN.NA TU TI.LA ut-tar / NINDA ZÍZ.ÀM KÚ KAŠ ZÍZ.ÀM NAG / UZU GUD UDU MUŠEN KÚ / SUM.SAR GA.RAŠ.SAR KU₆ NU KÚ…
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 P334886.
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/P334886/..
Translation excerpted from Hunger, H. 1992. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. SAA 8. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa08/P334886/.
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