Position in chronology
SAA 08 387. Mars Stationary in Scorpius (RMA 033) [weather]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) Mars, which stan[ds] inside Scorpius, is about to move out; until the 25th of [Tammuz (IV)] it will move out of Scorpius; and its radiance is fallen. Let the king my lord be happy; the king should be very glad, (but) until (Mars) goes out, let the king guard himself. (r 7) From Rašil the older, servant of the king.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
1 30 ina UD 01-KÁM IGI-ir / KA GI.NA ŠÀ KUR DÙG-ab / MUL.ṣal-bat-a-nu / šá ina ŠÀ MUL.GÍR.TAB ú-zu-[uz-zu] / a-na a-ṣe-e pa-⸢ni⸣-[šú] / il-ta-[kan] / a-di UD 25-KÁM šá ITI.[ŠU] / ul-tu MUL.GÍR.TAB uṣ-[ṣi] / ù šá-ru-ru-šú ma-aq-[tu] / ŠÀ šá LUGAL be-lí-ia lu ṭa-a-[bi] / LUGAL ma-aʾ-diš lu ḫa-⸢di⸣ / a-di uṣ-ṣu-ú / ma-ṣar-ti šá ram-ni-šú / LUGAL li-iṣ-ṣur / šá mTUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD šá LUGAL IGI-u
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 P237320.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237320). 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/P237320/.
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