SAA 08, 228 (P336668)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336668 |
| 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] 11–11 | If the sun [......] |
| Obverse [1:3] 22–33 | If [......] ... [......] |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | If ... [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | If [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | The term [of the ... watch is ......]. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | If [......] |
| Obverse [8:10] 99–1010 | ... in the halo [of the moon ......] in the east [......]. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and the sun [stands in it: in all lands they will speak the truth]. |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | If the moon and sun are in opposi[tion: the king of the land will widen his understanding]. |
| Obverse [12:15] 1313–1515 | [If] the stars of Leo ...: [the king will be victorious wherever he goes]. Jupiter or [......] Mars in [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | If Adad in [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | If Adad to ... [......]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If Adad towards [......] before [sunrise ......]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | If the sky [......] Mars [......]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | If Adad [......]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | If [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | If [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | If [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 20 [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | 1 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ṣa-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | 1 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 {d}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | 1 UD.DUG₄.[GA EN.NUN x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | 1 {mul}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | x ina ⸢TUR₃⸣ 30 x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x]+⸢x⸣ ina {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃ [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {d}UTU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-⸢tu⸣-[u LUGAL KUR uz-nu DAGAL-aš₂] | |
| 13 | 1 {mul}UR.MAH MUL-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢il⸣-[tap-pu-u₂ LUGAL a-šar DU-ku li-is-su] | |
| 14 | ⸢ša⸣ {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ša₂ lu {mul}[x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x] {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {d}IM ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | 1 {d}IM ana U₂ KUR [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | 1 {d}IM ana ma-⸢har⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | la-am {d}[UTU na-pa-hi x x] | |
| 5 | 1 AN-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {d}ṣal-[bat-a-nu x x x x] | |
| 7 | 1 {d}IM [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | 1 {d}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | 1 [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | 1 [x x x x x x 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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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