SAA 08 386. Saturn Retrograding from Scorpius to Libra (RMA 247A) [planetary][via saao/saa08]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ] ina ŠÀ MUL.zi-ba-ni-tum	(1) [Saturn] stands in Libra [in front of Scorp]ius; it will move [from] Libra [into] Scorpius; that is bad [...], (and hence) I am wrinting [to the king] my lord.
o 22	[ina pa-an MUL.GÍR].TAB ú-zu-uz-zu^*
o 33	[ul-tu MUL.zi]-ba-ni-tum
o 44	[a-na ŠÀ MUL].GÍR.TAB il-lak
o 55	[x x x x] ḪUL šu-ú
o 66	[a-na LUGAL] be-lí-ia al-tap-ra
o 77	[x x UD x]-KAM^* UD ḪUL.GÁL	(7) [The xth day is] an evil day, [...] and catastrophe.
o 88	[x x x x]-tum u ši-ib-ṭu	(7) [The xth day is] an evil day, [...] and catastrophe.
o 99	[LUGAL be-lí] ⸢KÁ^*⸣ la uṣ-ṣu	(9) [The king my lord] must not go out [of the do]or; let him guard himself [against uprising] and rebellion, [until it] comes out from Sc[orpius].
o 1010	[ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti] šá ra-ma-ni-⸢šú⸣
o 1111	[la—pa-an si-ḫi] u ba-ar-ti li-⸢iṣ⸣-[ṣur]
o 1212	[a-di x x] ul-tu ŠÀ MUL.⸢GÍR^*⸣.[TAB]
o 1313	[x x x x] uṣ-ṣu-[ú]
Reverse
r 1r 1	[ki-i pa-an LUGAL] maḫ-ru pi-ši-⸢ir⸣-[šu]	(r 1) [If] it suits [the king], I will [... send its] interpretation to the king, I will write [...] and [......].
r 22	[x x x x]-šú^? a-na LUGAL lu-[uš-pur]
r 33	[x x x x]-ú lu-uš-ṭur^*-ma [x x]
r 44	[x x x x] la [x x]

r 55	[^dEN u ^dAG] a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia lik-ru-[bu]	(r 5) May [Bel and Nabû] bless the king my lord. [May the king my lord keep] me alive!
r 66	[LUGAL be-lí-a li-ba]-al-liṭ-an-⸢ni⸣
r 77	[x x x x x]-ti ina UGU GIŠ.BANŠUR-ia	(r 7) [...] on my table [...]
r 88	[x x x x x] ul az-zi-iz	(r 8) I did not stand [...]
r 99	[x x x x] ⸢muš^?⸣-ki-nu a-na-ku	(r 9) I am a poor [man ...]
r 1010	[x x x x a]-ga-a ú-zu-za-ku-ma	(r 10) This [...] I am standing and keep [watch for the king my lord].
r 1111	[EN.NUN šá LUGAL be]-lí-ia a-na-ṣa-ri

r 1212	[šá ^mTUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD šá] LUGAL IGI-u	(r 12) [From Raši-ilu] the older, [servant of] the king.

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/P238775/.