SAA 08, 022 (P336654)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336654 |
| Museum no. | BM 099201 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [If the moon and sun] are in balance: [the land] will become stable; [reli]able [speech] will be placed in the mouth of people; [the king of the land] will make the throne last long. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [If the Field star] comes close [to] the front of the moon and stands (there): [......], variant: there will be an attack of the enemy. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] brother [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] watch [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [The]ir [apotropaic ritual] should be performed. Let them give orders [...], let him perform [the ritual]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [From the Ch]ief scribe. |
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 u 20 šit-qu-lu₄ | |
| 2 | [ma-a-tu] i-ka-an | |
| 3 | [at-mu-u₂ ke]-⸢e⸣-nu ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 4 | [LUGAL KUR] {⸢giš}GU⸣.ZA u₂-la-bar | |
| 5 | 1 {mul}AŠ.GAN₂ ana] IGI 30 TE-ma GUB | |
| 6 | [x x x]+⸢x KI.MIN⸣ ZI KUR₂ GAL₂-ši | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢ŠEŠ ŠEŠ⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢EN⸣.NUN.⸢NA⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x-šu₂]-nu le-e-⸢pu⸣-[šu] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e-⸢mu⸣ liš-ku-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x] le-e-pu-uš | |
| 5' | [ša {lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣—A.BA {lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣—A.BA | |
Sources & licences
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