SAA 08, 164 (P336662)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 164 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336662 |
| 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 | [Iyyar (I]I), the 2nd day: [favorable]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | The 6th day: [let him take] a wif[e, he will live to ol]d age. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The 8th day: an important person will be favorable. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The 10th day: at court, favorable. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The 12th day: in the street, favorable. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The 15th day: perfect seed. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | The 16th day: joy of heart. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The 18th day: convert the cleaned (barley). |
| Reverse [5:6] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [From] Aššur-naṣir. |
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 | {⸢iti}GUD⸣ UD 02-KAM [AB.ŠE.GE.DA] | |
| 2 | UD 06-KAM ⸢DAM⸣ [TUK.TUK LIBIR].⸢RA⸣ | |
| 3 | UD 08-KAM IDIM AB.ŠE.GE.DA | |
| 4 | UD 10-KAM ina de-e-ni ma-gir | |
| 5 | UD 12-KAM ina su-u₂-qi₂ ma-gir | |
| 6 | UD 15-KAM {še}NUMUN šuk-lu-ul | |
| 7 | UD 16-KAM hu-ud ŠA₃-bi | |
| 8 | UD 18-KAM za-ku-tu₂ pu-šur | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8' | UD [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [ša] {1}aš-šur—PAB-ir [o] | |
Sources & licences
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