SAA 08, 232 (P336671)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 232 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336671 |
| 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 (II), the 2nd day: favorable. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | The 6th day: let him take a wife, he will live to old age. The 8th day: an important person will be favorable. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The 10th day: at court, favorable. The 15th day: perfect seed. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The 18th day: convert the cleaned (barley). The 22nd day: at court, favorable; (good for) undertaking of an enterprise. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The 24th day: jo[y of he]art; the beginning of tax is set. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The 26th day: g[ood] news. Until the marriage of Bel passes, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the face of Ištar [...] ... passes [...] Ištar, |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | until Jupiter app[ears and] its [...] does not disappear, the year [......]; it is very good to do [......]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [The month] is good, the days are good. [I am whole]heartedly [giving] my [bes]t coun[sel] to the king my lord. |
| Obverse [12:16] o 1313– | May the great [gods] whom the king my lord [......] in [his] heart [call] me and my offspring [to account for ......]! |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | In Iyyar, let him enter his new house; he will become [happy ......]. "Happiness," as it says, is happiness which is entirely [......]. There is nothing at all which is perfectly good like this. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | If (in) Iyyar he makes his food-offering to his god: this man will become good. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | If (in) Iyyar he takes an office: he will have a (protective) deity. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | If (in) Iyyar he gives bread: this man will become good. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | ITI.GUD.SI.SÁ is Yeru, "the month to put everything in order." (This) can be seen from its name: ITI is "month," GUD is "total," GUD is "all," SI.SÁ is "to be in order." |
| Reverse [10:14] r 1111– | Iyyar, (the month) of Ea, lord of mankind, is indeed a very good month. It is better than Sivan (III), Tishri (VII) and Shebat (XI), it is better than many. |
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 {iti}GUD.SI.SA₂ UD 02-KAM AB.ŠE.GE.DA | |
| 2 | 1 UD 06-KAM DAM TUK.TUK LIBIR.RA 1 UD 08-KAM IDIM AB.ŠE.GE.DA | |
| 3 | 1 UD 10-KAM in di-nim ma-gir 1 UD 15-KAM {še}NUMUN ŠU.DU₇ | |
| 4 | 1 UD 17-KAM za-ku-tu₂ pu-šu-ur UD 22-KAM in di-nim ma-gir DU₃-eš A₂.AŠ₂ | |
| 5 | 1 UD 24-KAM ŠA₃.⸢HUL₂.LA⸣ ⸢hu-ud ŠA₃-bi⸣ šu-u re-eš bil-te ša₂-kin | |
| 6 | 1 UD 26-KAM bu-[su-ra]-⸢a⸣-tu₂ a-du ⸢ha⸣-ša₂-du ša {d}EN e-ti-qu-ni | |
| 7 | pa-ni ša {d}15 ⸢am⸣-[x x] ⸢ṭu⸣-ub UM ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢ha⸣-sa-[x x] {⸢d⸣}IŠ.TAR | |
| 8 | e-te-qu-ni a-⸢du {d⸣}SAG.ME.GAR in-⸢na⸣-[mar-u₂-ni x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢la i⸣-ta-bal-u₂-ni MU.AN.NA di-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ba-ni | |
| 10 | [ṭa-a]-⸢ba⸣ a—dan-niš a-na e-pa-ši di [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 11 | [ITI] DUG₃.GA UD-MEŠ DUG₃.GA-MEŠ mi-⸢il⸣-[ku dam]-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 12 | [ša gu-um] ŠA₃-bi-ia a-na LUGAL EN-ia [a-mal-li-ik] | |
| 13 | [DINGIR-MEŠ] GAL-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂ ina ŠA₃-bi-[šu₂ x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | [x x x x] ina qa-ti-ia NUMUN-ia ⸢lu⸣-[ba-ʾi-i-u] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {iti}GUD ana E₂-šu₂ GIBIL TU-ub ŠA₃ [DUG₃.GA x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ŠA₃-bi DUG₃.GA ša qa-bu-u-ni ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ka-⸢la⸣-mu-ni šu-u ša ki-i an-ni-e ⸢iš-lim⸣-u-ni | |
| 4 | SIG₅-iq-u₂-ni a—dan-niš la-aš₂-šu | |
| 5 | 1 {iti}GUD PAD-su ana DINGIR-šu₂ GAR-un NA BI SIG₅-iq | |
| 6 | 1 {iti}GUD GARZA TI-qi DINGIR TUK-ši | |
| 7 | 1 {iti}GUD NINDA SUM-in TEŠ₂.BI SIG₅-iq | |
| 8 | 1 {iti}GUD.SI.SA₂ ia-e-ru ar-hu šu-te-šur ka-la-ma | |
| 9 | ina UGU šu-mi-šu i-da-gi-il ITI ar-hu | |
| 10 | GUD nap-ha-ru GUD ka-la-ma SI.SA₂ e-še-ru | |
| 11 | 1 {iti}GUD.SI.SA₂ ša₂ {d}E₂.A EN te-ne₂-še-e-ti | |
| 12 | ur-hu ṭa-a-bu ša₂ a—dan-niš šu-u re-eš {iti}⸢SIG₄⸣ | |
| 13 | {iti}DU₆ {iti}ZIZ₂ ITI šu-u ⸢ša₂ SAG⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | ša₂ ma-aʾ-du-ti | |
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