SAA 08, 302 (P237547)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 302 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237547 |
| Museum no. | BM 099026 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [If Venus ... from] the 1st to the 30th day [......]. |
| Bottom [0:5] b.e. 2'b.e. 2'– | Venus [...] days [......] did not reach and set [......] of Elam. Signs in the east [......] Venus is the star of Elam; in the east [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | If the sun is surrounded by a halo: it will rain; change of weather. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Orion stands in it: the king of Subartu will exercise world rule; his land will thri[ve]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [If the sun] stands [in] the halo of the moon: all lands will speak the truth; [the son] will speak the truth with his father. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [If the moon] is surrounded [by a halo], and Regulus stands in it: women [will give bir]th to male children. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | From Zakir. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}dil-bat x x TA] UD 01-KAM₂ EN UD 30-KAM | |
| b.e. | ||
| 2' | {[mul]}dil-bat UD-ME [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x] ul ik-šu-da u ir-ta-bi [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {kur}NIM{ki} GISKIM-ME {d}UTU.⸢E₃⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | {mul}dil-bat MUL {kur}NIM{ki} ina {d}UTU.⸢E₃⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3 | 1 20 TUR₃ NIGIN₂ A.AN ŠUR-nun MIN₃-e UD-mi | |
| 4 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-[iz] | |
| 5 | LUGAL SU{ki} kiš-šu₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš KUR-su i-na-ah-hi-[iš] | |
| 6 | 1 20 ina] TUR₃ 30 GUB KUR DU₃.A.BI kit-tu₂ i-ta-mu-u₂ | |
| 7 | [DUMU] ⸢KI⸣ ana AD-šu₂ kit-tu₂ i-dab-bu-ub | |
| 8 | 1 30 TUR₃] NIGIN₂-ma {mul}LUGAL ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB MI₂-ME NITA-ME | |
| 9 | [U₃.TU]-ME | |
| 10 | ša {1}za-kir | |
Sources & licences
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