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SAA 08 234

  • CDLI P314325
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: 1882-05-22, 0080
  • Primary publication(s): CT 53 916

Details

  • Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh) (Pleiades ID: 874621)
  • Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Assyrian)
  • Genre: Astrological Report (calendrical)
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Assyrian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: (unknown)
  • Location: Nineveh
  • Recipient: (the king)

SAA 08 234. Hemerology for Ab 27-29 (CT 53 916) [calendrical]

Obverse
o 1o 1

ITI.NE UD 27-KAM KAŠ.SAG [BAL-qí]

(1) The 27th of Ab (V): let him [libate] fine beer, the gods will be favorable.

o 22

DINGIR-MEŠ ŠE.GA-MEŠ

o 33

UD 27-KÁM zi-né-e GIŠIMMAR ina KÁ-šú liz-⸢qup⸣

(3) The 29th day: let him erect midribs of the date palm at his gate, he will prevail over his adversary.

o 44

UGU EN—INIM-šú GUB-zu

blank

Reverse
r 1r 1

[x x] in dAMA.GAN.DÙ

(r 1) [...] of Šakkan.

r 22

NA₄.as-ḫar šá te-qí-ti

(r 2) ashar stone for daubing.

rest blank

Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P314325/.