SAA 08, 031 (P336655)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336655 |
| Museum no. | BM 099003 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | This rain and thunder concerns the appointed time of the sighting of Venus. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44– | If in Ab (V) Adad thunders, the day becomes cloudy, it rains, a rainbow stretches, lightning flashes: the floodings will become scarce at the source. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If it rains on a day without clouds: the land will be reduced by famine. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If Adad shouts on a day without clouds: there [will] be darkness and famine in the land. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55– | If a storm [blows] from the west: fall of Elam. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 7r.e. 7–r.e. 7r.e. 7 | From Issar-šumu-er[eš]. |
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 | A.AN GU₃ {d}IM ⸢an-ni⸣-[u] | |
| 2 | ša a-dan-ni ša ta-mar-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3 | ša {d}dil-bat šu-u | |
| 4 | 1 ina {iti}NE {d}IM GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-ma | |
| 5 | UD ŠU₂ AN ŠUR-nun | |
| 6 | {d}TIR.AN.NA GIL | |
| 7 | NIM.GIR₂ ib-ri-iq | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8 | A.KAL-MEŠ ina IDIM LA₂-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina UD-me la er-pi₂ A.AN ŠUR-nun | |
| 2 | KUR ina SU.KU₂ TUR | |
| 3 | 1 ina UD-me la er-pi₂ {d}IM is-si | |
| 4 | da-um-ma-tu₂ u SU.KU₂ ina ⸢KUR GAL₂⸣ | |
| 5 | 1 me-he-e {im}MAR.TU{[ki} DU] | |
| 6 | ŠUB-tim {kur}NIM.MA{[ki]} | |
| r.e. | ||
| 7 | ša {1}15—MU—⸢KAM⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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