SAA 08, 435 (P237760)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 435 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237760 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Astrological Report |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [If ...] of a city is like pouring of oil: [the god] of the city is at peace with his city. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [...] red rain [wil]l fall; [......] is not cloudy. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | [The god] of the city is very much at peace with the king my lord. The [ki]ng my lord can be very glad. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From Nabû-iqbi. |
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 x] URU ki-ma ši-pik I₃ [x (x)] | |
| 2 | [DINGIR] ⸢URU⸣ KI URU-šu₂ sa-⸢lim⸣ | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x⸣ A.AN ⸢SA₅⸣ | |
| 4 | [i-za]-⸢an⸣-nu-un | |
| 5 | [x x x] ul ur-ru-up | |
| 6 | [DINGIR] ⸢URU⸣ it-ti LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ma⸣-aʾ-diš sa-lim | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-a ma-aʾ-diš lu-u₂ ha-du | |
| 3 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—iq-bi | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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