SAA 08, 204 (P336667)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 204 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336667 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If on the 15th day the moon and sun [....] accept my prayers [....]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | On this day he will pray a day (long) to Šamaš; |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | On this day he will come close to his woman, and his woman will be made pregnant; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | he will not lose barley and silver. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The 16th day: he will not lose barley and silver. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] pertains [to ...]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [If] it is agreeable [to the king, my lord] |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | (r 4) (Break) |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [...... as [the k]ing my lord [sa]ys? |
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 15-KAM 30 u 20 [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | un-ni-ni-ia li-qa-a [x x x x] bi | |
| 3 | ina UD-mu šu-a-tu | |
| 4 | UD-mu a-na {d}UTU i-kar-rab | |
| 5 | UD-mu šu-a-tu | |
| 6 | a-na MI₂ BI TE-hi | |
| 7 | MI₂ BI us₂-sa-ri | |
| 8 | ŠE u₃ KUG.UD NU E₃ | |
| 9 | UD 16-KAM ŠE u KUG.UD NU E₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x]-ni-ni qur-bu | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x] ma-hi-ir | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-bi | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]-u-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢ma⸣-a ⸢ki-i⸣ [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li | |
| 8 | ⸢i-qab-bu⸣-u-ni | |
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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