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SAA 08 489. Jupiter Near Regulus (RMA 145) [planetary]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 8(1) If the moon and sun are in opposition: there will be truth in the land; the son will speak the truth with his father. (5) If the moon and sun are in balance: [the king of the land will wi]den his understanding. (7) — The moon and sun will be seen together on the 14th day. (r 1) If Jupiter has awesome radiance: the weapons of the king of Akkad will prevail over the weapons of his enemy. — Regulus stands either to the right or to the left of Jupiter. (r 6) Now it stands to the left of Jupiter for three fingers. (r 9) From Rimutu.
State Archives of Assyria, volume 8 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
1 d30 u dUTU šu-ta-tu-ú / ina KUR kit-ti ib-ba-áš-ši-ma / DUMU it-ti AD-šú kit-ti / i-ta-mi / 1 30 u 20 šit-qul-lu [LUGAL KUR] / ú-zu-un ú-⸢ra⸣-[ap-pa-áš] / šá UD 14-KÁM d30 ⸢ù⸣ dUTU / it-ti a-ḫa-meš in-nam-mar-ma / 1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR me-lam-mu GAR-in / LUGAL URI.KI GIŠ.TUKUL-MEŠ-šú / UGU GIŠ.TUKUL-MEŠ KÚR-šú i-dan-ni-nu / MUL.LUGAL lu-ú ina i-mit-ti / lu-ú ina šu-me-lu MUL.SAG.ME.GAR GUB-ma / en-na a-du-ú ina šu-me-lu / MUL.SAG.ME.GAR a-na 03 ŠU.SI* / ú-šu*-uz / šá mri-mu-tu
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 P237322.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237322). 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/P237322/.
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