Position in chronology
SAA 10 113. Saturn and Cancer in Lunar Halo; Events in Mannea (ABL 1109+) [from astrologers]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Bel-uš[ezib]. May Bel, Nabû and Šamaš bless the king, my lord! (3) If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: in all lands (people) will speak the truth; the son will speak the truth with his father. (5) — Saturn stands in the halo of the moon. (6) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Cancer stands in it: the king of Akkad will extend the life. (8) If the moon is surrounded by a river: there will be great floods and cloudbursts. (9) — Cancer stands in the halo of the moon. (10) You are a strong, righteous and able king. [When] in the…
Source: Parpola, S. 1993. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. SAA 10. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa10/P237462/
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Transliteration
a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR be-lí-ia ARAD-ka mdEN—ú-⸢še⸣-[zib] / dEN dAG u dUTU a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia lik-ru-ú-[bu] / 1 20 ina ŠÀ TÙR GUB ina KUR DÙ.A.BI kit-ti i-ta-mu-ú / DUMU KI AD-šú kit-ti i-ta-mi / MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina ŠÀ TÙR 30 GUB-ma / 1 30 TÙR NIGIN-ma MUL.AL.LUL ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-iz / LUGAL URI.KI DIN ur-rak / 1 30 ÍD NÍGIN-mi ri-iḫ-ṣu u ra-a-du GAL-MEŠ GÁL-MEŠ / ⸢MUL⸣.AL.LUL ina TÙR 30 GUB-ma /…
Scholarly note
Letter from a scholar (astrologer, exorcist, physician, lamentation-priest) to Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 10, 1993). ORACC text P237462.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P237462). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1993. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. SAA 10. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa10/P237462/.
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