SAA 08, 201 (P336666)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 201 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336666 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1'1'– | [If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen to]geth[er: reliable speech]; the land will become happy; the g[ods] will remember [Akkad favorably]; jo[y among the troops; the king will become] happy; the cattle [of Akkad will lie in the ste]ppe undisturbed. |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 6'6'–b.e. 7'7' | This bright [star] which [......] ...... [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [If ...] ... [...... fal]l of [......]. |
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 UD 14-KAM 30 u 20 ⸢KI⸣ a-⸢ha⸣-[meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [KA GI.NA ŠA₃]-bi KUR DUG₃-ab ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| 3' | [a-na SIG₅-tim] ⸢i⸣-ha-sa-su hu-⸢ud⸣ [ŠA₃-bi ERIM-ni] | |
| 4' | [ŠA₃-bi] ⸢LUGAL⸣ DUG₃-ab MAŠ₂.⸢ANŠE⸣ [KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| b.e. | ||
| 5' | [ina] ⸢EDIN⸣ par-ga-niš [i-rab-bi-iṣ] | |
| 6' | [MUL an]-ni-u₂ ne₂-bu-u₂ ša₂ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x]-UD-i-tu aš₂-ri [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 UD].⸢DA⸣ i-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [ŠUB]-⸢tim⸣ {kur}[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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