SAA 08, 072 (P336657)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336657 |
| Museum no. | BM 099024 |
| 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 | If the Pleiades come close to the front of the moon and stand there: the great gods will ... for the better understanding of the land. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | Sin interceded for the king with the gods; the king is safe. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77– | If the Field star comes close to the front of the moon and stan[ds] there: in that [year] ... [...], variant: [there will be] an attack of [the enemy]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 22–r 44 | The Pleiades are (equivalent to) [Mars]; this night the moon approa[ched ...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 55–r 55 | From Nabû-ahhe-eriba. |
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 MUL.MUL ana IGI {d}30 TE-ma GUB-iz | |
| 2 | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ uṣ-rat ma-a-ti | |
| 3 | a-na da-mi₃-iq-ti uṣ-a-ru | |
| 4 | {d}30 ab-bu-ut-ti LUGAL | |
| 5 | a-na DINGIR-MEŠ iṣ-ṣa-bat | |
| 6 | LUGAL ša₂-li-im | |
| 7 | 1 {mul}AŠ.GAN₂ ana IGI {d}30 ⸢TE⸣-ma ⸢GUB⸣-[iz] | |
| 8 | ina [MU] BI me u₂ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | KI.MIN ZI [KUR₂ GAL₂-ši] | |
| ⸢ti⸣-ib [x x x x] | ||
| 2 | MUL.MUL {mul}[ṣal-bat-a-nu] | |
| 3 | ina mu-šu an-ni-u {d}30 ina ⸢IGI⸣ {[mul}x x] | |
| 4 | iq-ṭi-[rib] | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
Sources & licences
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