SAA 08, 567 (P238089)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 567 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238089 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | In Iyyar (II) on the 20th day let him gi[ve] bread [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | opposite the gate of the sacred rooms of the temple of Nusku [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | their sick eyes which ... [......]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | In Iyyar (II) on the 20th day let him [kill] a [sn]ake: he will reach the highest rank. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Snake ... [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | of the king ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | and Adad-[......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | bodyguard ... [...] went, |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | he killed Kudurru, son of Bel-[...], an informer, and when he denou[nced] Bel-naṣir ... [...], |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | these months in front [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | staff-bearer [......]. |
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 ina {iti}GUD UD 20-KAM₂ NINDA-HI.A MA.AN.⸢SUM⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | IGI-it KA₂ pa-pa-hat E₂—{d}PA.⸢TUG₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | IGI.2-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ GIG-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ ṭu-ub x ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4 | 1 ina {iti}GUD UD 20-KAM₂ ⸢MUŠ⸣ HE₂.EN.[GAZ] | |
| 5 | a-ša₂-ri-du-tu₂ DU-⸢ak⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣ MUŠ ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂ LUGAL a-na ⸢pu⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₃ {1}{d}IM—⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {lu₂}qur-ru-bu-ti ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | il-li-ku {1}NIG₂.GUB DUMU {1}{d}⸢EN⸣—[x x] | |
| 6' | {⸢lu₂⸣}ba-ti-qu id-duk u kar-[ṣi] | |
| 7' | [ša₂ {1}{d}EN—ŠEŠ-ir ki-i i-ku-[lu] | |
| 8' | [x x] ITI-MEŠ a-ga-a ina IGI-MEŠ [x x] | |
| 9' | ša₂—hu-ṭa-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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