SAA 08, 535 (P236933)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 535 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236933 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | If the moon makes an eclipse in Sivan (III) on the 15th day: [......] his servants will kill him in a revolt, variant: his elders [...] will die [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | If the moon makes an eclipse in Sivan (III) in the evening watch: attack of fish, variant: [of locusts]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | If the moon makes an eclipse in Sivan (III): the flood will come and flo[od wat]er will [devastate] the land. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | If it makes an eclipse in the evening watch, and it finishes the watch, and the south wind blows: fall of the king of [E]lam, the king of the Guti, and of their land. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | If in Sivan (III) [from] the 1st day to the 30th day an eclipse occurs: the harvest of the land will not prosper. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | If the moon comes out darkly: a devastating flood will occur. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [If the moon] makes [an eclipse], and a cloud enters a(nother) cloud, variant: into a clo[ud ...: the gods] will take away the reason of the land; the land will change and will quickly go to ruin. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313– | [If the moon] makes [an eclipse] and comes out from a cloud and clears: the gods [will make a great land small; the king] will have continual troubles. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If it makes an eclipse and] lightning flashes: a flo[od of no water] will carry away [the land ......]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [If the moon makes an eclipse], and the south wind keeps blowing: the king [......] and is small: famine [......]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [If in this eclipse] Jupiter stands there: well-being for the king; [in his stead, a] famous [noble] will die. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [If the moon] is dark in the region of Sagittarius: decision for [Mutabal] and Bab[ylon]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | The month Sivan (III) means the W[es]tland, the 15th day means the W[estland]; the evening watch means Akkad. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | An eclipse in the evening watch portends deaths. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | The term of the evening watch is [3 months and 10 days]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | An eclipse of Sivan [gives] a decision for Ur. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina {iti}SIG₄ UD 15-KAM₂ AN.MI GAR-⸢un⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ ina HI.GAR GAZ-MEŠ-šu₂ KI.MIN AB.BA-⸢MEŠ-šu₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | UŠ₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina {iti}SIG₄ AN.MI EN.NUN—AN.USAN₂ GAR ZI-ut KU₆-HI.A KI.MIN [BURU₅-HI.A] | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina {iti}SIG₄ AN.MI GAR A.KAL DU-ma bi-⸢bil⸣ [A]-⸢MEŠ⸣ KUR ⸢ub⸣-[bal] | |
| 6 | 1 AN.MI EN.NUN—AN.USAN₂ GAR-ma EN.NUN ig-mur u {im}⸢U₁₈.LU⸣ DU | |
| 7 | ŠUB-tim LUGAL ⸢NIM⸣.MA{ki} LUGAL gu-ti-i u KUR-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | 1 ina {iti}SIG₄ [TA] UD 01-KAM₂ EN UD 30-KAM₂ AN.TA.LU₃ it-tab-ši | |
| 9 | BURU₁₄ KUR NU SI.SA₂ | |
| 10 | 1 30 ⸢ad-riš E₃⸣-a A.MA.RU IŠ-tim GAR-an | |
| 11 | 1 30 AN.MI] ⸢GAR-ma⸣ IM.DIRI ana ŠA₃ IM.DIRI TU-MEŠ KI.MIN ana ŠA₃ IM.⸢DIRI⸣ [x x] | |
| 12 | [DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ GALGA KUR KAR-MEŠ KUR BAL-ma ar₂-hiš ar₂-bu-tu [DU] | |
| 13 | 1 30 AN.MI] GAR-ma ina IM.DIRI E₃-ma u ZALAG₂ DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [KUR GAL TUR-MEŠ] | |
| 14 | [LUGAL ina] di-bi-ri DU.DU-⸢ak⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 AN.MI GAR-ma] NIM.GIR₂ ib-riq A.⸢MA⸣.[RU la A-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [KUR] TUM₃ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | 1 30 AN.MI GAR]-an u {im}1 DU-MEŠ LUGAL [x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x] ⸢GAL₂⸣-ma TUR ub-bu-ṭu [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | 1 ina AN.MI] ⸢BI⸣ {mul}SAG.ME.GAR GUB ana LUGAL DI-[mu ki-mu-šu] | |
| 6 | [kab-tu e]-⸢du⸣-u₂ UŠ₂ [o] | |
| 7 | 1 30 ina] KI {⸢mul⸣}[PA].⸢BIL⸣.SAG a-dir EŠ.BAR {⸢uru⸣}[mu-ta-bal] | |
| 8 | u KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣.[RA{ki]} | |
| 9 | 1 {iti}SIG₄ ⸢KUR—MAR⸣{ki} UD 15-KAM₂ KUR—⸢MAR⸣{[ki]} | |
| 10 | 1 EN.NUN—AN.USAN₂ KUR—URI{ki} [o] | |
| 11 | 1 AN.MI EN.NUN—AN.USAN₂ ana UŠ₂-MEŠ [o] | |
| 12 | 1 UD.DUG₄.GA EN.NUN—AN.USAN₂ a-⸢na⸣ [ITI 03-KAM₂ UD 10-KAM] | |
| 13 | 1 AN.MI ša₂ {iti}SIG₄ EŠ.BAR ana ŠEŠ.UNUG{⸢ki⸣} [SUM] | |
Sources & licences
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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