All tablets.

SAA 04 190. Will the Queen Mother’s Illness Pass? (AGS 101+) [medical]

(1) Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) Niq'a, mother of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is now ill, and on whom the 'hand' of god Iqbi-damiq was placed in extispicy — (4) will it pass by unto sacrificial sheep and oxen? (5) If she is ill with this disease, (6) is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? (9) Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty. (10) Disregard that a clean or an unclean person…

SAA 04 199. Fragment Similar to No. 187 (PRT 061) [medical]

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [Is the ... of Assurbanipal], the crown prince of the Succession Palace, [decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, b]y the command of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? (5) Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can he[ar, hear it]? (6) [Disregard what (pertains) to a prayer to a god], request of a god, anger of god [and goddess]. (7) [Disregard that the subject of this query, Esar]haddon, ki[ng of Assyria ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 213. Fragment of a Query (PRT 094) [unclassifiable]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give m[e a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity], and [may I see (them)]. (r 2) [May] (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and m]ay an oracle [be given as an answer]. (r 3) [... is over]turned. The top of the middle surface of the 'finger' [...]. (r 4) [... The coils of the colon] are 12 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. (r 5) [...] is present and faces down…

SAA 04 223. Fragment of a Query (PRT 098) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, have] ...[......, or (that) the oracle query] has become j[umbled] in my mouth.(Let them be taken out and put aside!) (r 2) [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether ...] (r 3) of the [messenger] sent [......]. (r 4) [...] shrine [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 235. Fragment of a Query (PRT 080) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] to [......] (2) [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it] good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep. (3) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity] for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty. (r 1) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep] is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, [or has touched] the (libation) beer, the maṣhatu flour, [the water, the pot, or the fire]. (r 2) [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am] dressed in my ordinary soiled…

SAA 04 237. Fragment of a Query [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) the da]y is overcas[t and it is raining]. (r 2) [Disregard that an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or] blocked [the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 3) [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made] it unclean. (r 4) [Disregard that an unclean person has performed extisp]icy [in this place]. (r 5) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or] faulty. (r 6)…

SAA 04 238. Fragment of a Query (AGS 053) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard the (formulation) of the pray]er for today's case, be it good, be it [faulty]. (2) [Disregard that the] ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. (3) [Disregard that he who] touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, [or has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with] any[thing unclean]. (r 1) [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, [am dressed in my ordinary soiled] garments, have eaten, drunk, [or anointed myself with anything] unclean, [have altered or changed the p…

SAA 04 239. Fragment of a Query (PRT 066) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard] that [an unclean person has performed extispicy] in [this] place. (2) Disregard that [an unclean man or woman has come near] the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. (3) Disregard that the ram (offered) to [your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. (4) [Disregard that] he who touches [the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with any]thing unclean, has touched [the (libation) beer, the maṣhatu flour, the water, the pot, and the fi]re [......] (Rest…

SAA 04 244. Fragment of a Query (PRT 096) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the] performance of the extispicy is defic[ient or faulty]. (2) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed] in his ordinary [soiled garm]ents, [has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean, or has touched the (libation) be]er, the maṣhatu flour, the pot, [and the fire]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 245. Fragment of a Query (PRT 097) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, [be it faulty]. (r 1) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity] for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. (r 2) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed] in his ordinary soiled [garments]. (r 3) [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in] my ordinary s[oiled garments ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 252. Fragment of a Query [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the] performance [of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. (r 2) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep] has eaten, drunk, [or anointed himself with anything unclean]. (r 3) [Disregard that] I, the haruspex [your servant], have eaten, [drunk, or anointed myself with anything] unclean, [have seen] fear [and terror at] night, have altered (or) changed [the proceedings ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 257. Fragment of a Query (PRT 086) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious] om[ens by the oracular com]mand [of your great] divinity, [and may I see (them)]. (r 3) [May (this query) go to your] great [divinity], O Šamaš, [great] lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 259. Fragment of a Query (PRT 087) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Be present in this ram], place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious] omens [by the oracular command of your] great [divinity, and may I see (them)]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 263. Fragment Similar to No. 262 [cultic]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Should Šamaš-šumu-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, within this year se]ize the [hand of the great lord Marduk i]n the Inner City, [and go] to Ba[bylon? Is it pleasing to your great divinity,] and the great lord, [Marduk]? (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 264. Should the Statue of Marduk be Loaded onto a Boat? (AGS 104) [cultic]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord, giv]e [me a] firm [positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [On the ... of month Iyyar (II) of] the [c]om[ing year...], [should they load the statue of the great lord Marduk] on the boat [in the Inner Ci]ty, and should he g[o to B]abylon [...]? (5) Is it pleasing [to your great divinity and to the great lord], Marduk? [Is it acceptable to your great divinity and to the great lord, M]arduk? (7) [Does your great divinity know] it? [Is the going of the statue of the great lord Marduk] to Babylon [decreed and confirm]ed [in a favorable case, by the command] of your…

SAA 04 265. Query Similar to No. 264 (AGS 105+) [cultic]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Is it acceptable [to your great divinity and] to the great lord, Ma[rduk]? (2) [Does your great divinity know it? Is it de]creed and confirmed [in a favo]rable case, by [the command] of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? (4) [Will he who can see, see] it? Will he who can hear, hear it? (5) [Disregard the (formulation) of] to[day's case], be it good or faulty. (6) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person] has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. (7) [Disregard that an unc]lean man or woman has come near the place of…

SAA 04 266. Should Assurbanipal Appoint NN as Priest of Marduk? (AGS 106) [appointment]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what] I am asking you! (2) [Should Assurbanipal, son of Esar]haddon, ki[ng of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written] in [this papyrus and placed before yo]ur great [divinity, to] the office of [high priest] in the sh[rine of Marduk ......]? (Break) (r 1) [Disregard that he who touches the head of the sacrificial sheep ... has eaten, drunk], or anoint[ed himself with anything unclean, (or) has altered or changed the proceedings]. (r 2) [Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth] of the haruspex, your…

SAA 04 267. Will Chief Eunuch Recover Fortresses Lost to Manneans? (AGS 150) [military and political]

(1) Šamaš, great lord, give me a (firm) positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) Should Nabû-šarru-uṣur, chief eunuch, and the men, horses, and army [of] Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, which are at [his disposal, go to recover the fort]resses of Assyria which the Manneans conq[uered? (5) If he go]es, [will he], be it through friendliness and peaceful nego[tiations, or by waging war], or by [whatever tr]icks, [recover] these fortresses? [Does your great divinity know it]? (8) Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command [of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? Will…

SAA 04 269. Query Concerning Ahseri, King of Mannea (AGS 024) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me [a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [......] and the Cimmerian troops (3) [......] set up camp (4) [......] against Ahseri (5) [......] his camp (6) [......? Does your great divinity] know it? (7) [Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your gr]eat [divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can se]e, see i[t? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (Break) (r 2) Be present [in this ram, pl]ace (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, propitious [ome]ns [by the oracular command of your great divinity],…

SAA 04 272. Query Similar to No. 271 [military and political]

(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am [asking you]! (2) Should Assurbanipal, ki[ng of Assyria, strive and plan]? Should he send an army, a[s he wishes, with Nabû-šarru-uṣur, chief eunuch, to make] an incur[sion into the district] of Gambulu? (5) [If he, having planned, sends them, will they kill what there is to kill], loot what [there is to loot, and plunder what there is to plunder], (7) and [... with] them [......] (8) [...] in front [of ......]? (Break) (r 2) [Dis]regard that I, the [haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have…

SAA 04 275. Should Assurbanipal Admit NN to his Entourage? (AGS 114) [appointment]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that a clean or an un]clean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or [blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 2) [Disregard that] an unclean person [has performed extispicy] in this place. (r 3) [Disregard that the] ram (offered) to [your] divinity for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. (r 4) [Disregard that he who to]uches the fore[head of the sheep is dressed in] his ordinary soiled garments. (r 5) [Disregard] that I, the haruspex your servant, [have jumbled] the oracle query in [my] mouth, (or) changed or altered the…

SAA 04 287. Should the Assyrian Army Wage War against Šamaš-šumu-ukin? (PRT 118) [military and political]

(1) [......]. (2) The breas[t-bone ... is prese]nt. (3) A niphu [......] and faces the [...]. (4) The 'station' is present. The 'path' is cur[led ...]. The left side of the gall bladder is split. (5) The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is present. The middle of the middle surface of the 'finger' lies towards the 'yo[ke']. (6) A 'foot'-mark in the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is ... towards the area of the 'finger.' (7) The 'well-being' of the 'increment' is drawn over the 'increment.' The upper part is elevated. (8) The 'cap' rides upon the 'outside.' The base of the middle…

SAA 04 288. Will the Assyrian Army Prevail over Šamaš-šumu-ukin’s? (PRT 126) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) If there is a 'weapon'-mark [over the 'increment' which rises] fr[om right to left]: my army will [take] the spoils of the enemy's army. (3) The front of the atrophied part is effaced and [......]. (4) If the 'ear' is present: My army [......]. (Break) (r 2) Will [the weapons of ......]... prevail over the weapons of the men [and army] of Šamaš-šumu-u[kin]? (r 5) (When) the extispicy was performed, [its] favorable omens [were numerous, its] unfavorable ones [few]. (r 7) Mon[th Iy]yar (II), [...th day, ...]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 290. Will Šamaš-šumu-ukin Flee Babylon if Assyrians Take Sippar? (PRT 139) [military and political]

(1) (Beginning destroyed) (8) The 'p[ath' ......]. (9) The place of the 'finger' [...] from inside the 'base of the thro[ne'] is drawn towards the 'finger,' and the 'cap' [......]. (11) The floating ribs of the left are two. [There are] 3 unf[avorable] features. (12) The 'station' is present. The 'path' has a bifurcation toward the right narrow part. (13) The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder has fissures like a snake. (14) The 'base of the throne' [...] and faces downward. The 'finger' [...]. (15) [...] there is an atrophied part. Unfavorable. (16) [......]. The base of the middle…

SAA 04 299. Should Nabu-šarru-uṣur be Appointed as Chief Eunuch? [appointment]

(1) The middle of the 'sta[tion' is effaced]. (2) The 'path' is c[urled]. (3) The 'strength' is absent. (4) The left of the gall [bladder is attached]. (5) The gall bladder [...]. (6) The 'finger' is abnormally [small]. (7) The 'increment' [...] the 'yoke.' (8) The upper part is elevated. (9) The 'cap' (rides) upon the 'outside.' (10) The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' (11) The breast-bone is thick. (r 1) The coils of the colon are r[aised] and turned on the left (and) are 24 in number. (r 3) Unfavorable. (r 4) Dannaya (and) Zizî, reporters. (r 5) Month Tebet (X), 24th…

SAA 04 305. Should Assurbanipal Appoint Šarru-kenu to an Office? (PRT 124) [appointment]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the mid]dle [...]. (2) [The breast]-bone is thick [...]. (3) The heart of the ram is norma[l]. (4) The 'well-being' is destroyed. In the left side of the gall bladder a 'foot'-mark is [...] toward its front. (5) The lower part is elevated. (6) The 'outside' rides upon the 'cap.' (7) The 'ca[vit]y' of the right lung is split. (8) The coils of the colon are 15 in number. There are 6 unfavorable omens. (9) [Should Assurbanipal, ki]ng of Assyria, [appoint the man] whose name is written in [this] tablet and placed [before] your great [divini]ty, [to an offi]ce? If he…

SAA 04 335. Fragment Similar to No. 333 (PRT 125) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [In the rig]ht side of the gall bladder there is a hole. Above [......]. (3) [The 'paths'] are 2, the lower one [...] toward [...]. (4) [Thir]d extispicy. (5) [Bel-ušall]im. Month Iyyar (II), 4th day, [eponym year of NN]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 345. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) In the [top of the left surface of the 'finger' a 'foot'-mark ...] to the area of the 'finger.' (3) The 'increment' is miss[ing ...]. (4) The upper part is elevated [...]. (5) The 'ear' is present [...]. (6) The 'cavity' of the right lung is split [...]. (7) The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'bound.' (8) The breast-bone is lying on its back on the right. (9) The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is [normal]. (r 1) The top of the right surface of the 'finger' is sp[lit]. (r 2) In the top of the left surface of the 'finger' a…

SAA 04 352. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) The coils of the colon are 16 in number [...]. (3) The gall bladder is flattened and [...]. (4) The upper and lower parts are equ[al ...]. (5) The 'outside' [rides upon the 'cap.'] (6) The breast-bo[ne ...]. (7) The vertebrae are recessed [...]. (8) There are 6 unfavorable omens in the ex[tispicy]. (9) Unfavo[rable]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 021. Treacherous Astrologers (Iraq 34 21)

(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Šamaš-šumu-ukin. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. (5) Šaridu (and) Nabû-ahhe-ereš, citizens of Babylon, (and) Bel-iddina, a citizen of Borsippa, have sent me the (following) letter: (9) "The king concluded a treaty with us concerning you: 'Tell your lord whatever you hear!' Now, Bel-eṭir (and) Šamaš-zeru-iqiša have neglected the order the king gave them (and) are acting on their own. Aplaya, whom the king sent (with the command): 'Go (and) set up sanctuaries in Babylon!', has made common cause with them.…

SAA 16 042. Governor Appropriates a Royal Gift (ABL 0415)

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Ṣallaya, major domo, (and) Asalluhi-ereš, scribe. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king, our lord. (8) The governors have squandered the household of our lord, (and) the king does not know. The governor of Arrapha has taken away the gift which the king gave to our lord. May it be known to the king, our lord, that the household of our lord has been squandered. (r 4) The king knows that our lord does not argue with his adversary; and when we litigate, they mistreat us. May the king entrust us to someone of his entourage,…

SAA 16 045. Complaints from Naṣibina (ABL 1371)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The scribe [...] left [his post and did not do] the king's work, saying: "Why [...] my father?" (4) They ap[pointed] me in his stead, (and) I stood by and [served] your father. I [...ed] in Naṣibina, [GN] (and) Hamedê; I [did] work for the king (and) [gave] booty to the king. (10) Last year in Tebet (X), [when I was] in the presence of the king, my lord, [...] report of the Palace [...]. I exacted silver from the me[rchants] and [gave] it to the king. (15) The [...] of the king, [my] lord, [...] had no[t] yet [...], [...] to Barhalza, (when) the scribe returned to my…

SAA 16 061. Partial Duplicate of No. 60 (CT 53 938)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-rehtu-uṣur. May Bel and Belet, Nabû and Tašmetu, Ištar of] Nineveh and Ištar of [Arbela, your gods who] called [you by name to kings]hip, [keep you alive]! (4) [Those who sin against] your father's [goodness, your father's and your own] treaty, and who [plot] against your life, shall be placed [in yo]ur [hands], and you will delete th[eir] seed [from Assyria and from] your [pala]ce! (8) [This] is the word [of Mullis]su; the king, my lord, should n[ot] be ne[glectful] about it. (10) [On the 6th o]f Marchesvan (VIII) I had a vi[sion]: "[...] spend…

SAA 16 075. A Crime Committed (CT 53 954)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] is there [...]? [...] months (4) [... W]hen did he sit [...]? (5) [......] ... he committed a crime (6) [...... h]e commits (a crime) (7) [......] which he has done (8) [... the ...] of the king, my lord, (9) [...... go]es down. The king [has ...] to his servant [...] (10) [......] they [s]hould return (11) [...... w]hat [......] (Reverse too broken for translation)

SAA 16 077. Instructions for a Battle (CT 53 958)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Until ...] se[nds ..., the king, my lord], may rely on it. (r 3) Give [orders to] your magnates and station their [...]! The king, my lord, should not advance [to the b]attle. [Just a]s your royal fathers have done, st[ay] on the hill, and [let] your [ma]gnates [do] the bat[tle]. (r 9) [The king], my lord [......] (r 10) [... o]f [his] servant [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 091. Candidates for Courtiers (ABL 0875)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) I have [n]ot seen [...]. As to [......] (3) [...] ... [...] (4) who (are) to be given [...] to tut[orship ...] (or) t[o c]ourtiership [...]. (6) Furthermore, he says: "[PN], the entrance supervisor (and) Man[nu-ki-...], the supervisor of the storehouse, who [...] (9) to him alone good [...] (10) are appointing [...] (r 1) But Nabû-šallim-[..., the ...] in charge of the main buildings, [has laid] his arm in [...]. (r 4) Balassu, the [...], Bel-šarru-uṣur, [the ...], Nabû-remanni, [the ...], Adunu-Mil[kuti, the ...] (and) Pan-Nabû-la[mur, the ...]; all these five (men)…

SAA 16 092. Drink on the Accounts! (ABL 0874)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good health to the king, my lord]! May Bel (and) Nabû bless [the king], my lord. (6) As to what the king, [my] lor[d] told me: "Chec[k] and test the upper part of the aṣūdu-bowl and thereafter dri[nk] on the accounts!" (11) If it is acceptable to the [king], my lord, [let] the [...] vizier and the chief [......] the (royal) del[egate ...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

SAA 16 110. (no title) (CT 53 960)

(1) [To the king, m]y [lord: your servant] Ubru-Nabû. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! [May Nabû and Mardu]k [bl]ess the king, m[y] lord. (6) [When B]el-iqiša [went] to the cit[y of ...] (Break) (r 2) [...] gods of the king (r 3) [...] ... [...] (r 4) [... whi]ch in [his] mouth [...] (r 5) [...] to the king, [my] lo[rd], (r 6) [I have se]nt

SAA 16 133. Fragment Referring to Damascus (ABL 1421)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... o]f the crown prince (2) [...... o]f the chief judge (3) [...... the m]agnates (4) [......] Assyrian [...]s (5) [......] to Damascus (6) [...... the ...]s of Damascus (7) [...... which] they give (8) [......] the (city) gates (9) [...... will re]ceive (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 148. Deserters from Mannea Sent to the Crown Prince (ABL 0434)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-ušallim. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Nergal, Laṣ, Išum, Adad and Ber, (and) the great gods of heaven and earth bless the king, my lord, the crown prince of Assyria and the crown prince of Babylon a thousand times very greatly. (9) As to the garrisons appointed to the fortresses of Urarṭu, Mannea, Media (and) Hubuškia, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: (13) "Give them orders and make it very clear to them that they must not be negligent in their guard duty. Moreover, let them pay attention to the deserters…

SAA 16 156. Fragment Referring to Akkad (CT 53 972)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the land of] Akkad [...] (3) [......] there is [...] (4) [......] ... [...] (5) [......] Place (pl.) [...]! (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your] se[rvant PN]. Good hea[lth to the king, my lord! May] Nabû [and Marduk bless the king, my] lo[rd]. (6) Conce[rning the ... about which the king, my lord], wr[ote to me], saying, "May [they] wr[ite] ... [for me] — (10) Asakku [...] (11) power + sceptre [...] (12) Asakku [...]

SAA 16 180. (no title) (ABL 1399)

(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Marduk-bani-[...]. Good health to the king, [my] lo[rd]! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king m[y lord]. (Rest destroyed)

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

(Inscription_A 1) Property of the god Marduk, <<...>> seal of the god Adad of Esagil. (Inscription_B 1) To the god Marduk, great lord, his lord: Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, presented (this object) for the sake of his life.

Economy

SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]

(1) If in Ab (month V) Adad thunders, the day becomes cloudy, it rains, (and) lightning flashes: the waters will decrease at the source. (4) If Adad shouts on a cloudless day: there will be darkness — variant: famine — in the land. (6) Concerning this ill health, the king, my lord, should not worry (lit. 'should not speak from his heart'). (8) It is a disease of the season; all the people who are sick will get well. (11) Moreover, the king, my lord, who is one who reveres the gods — day and night he prays to the gods … (The text continues but the remainder is not preserved in the given transli…

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the king, our lord: your servants Balasî] [(and) Nabû-aḫḫe-eriba]. [Good health t]o the king, [our lord]! May [Nabû and] Mar[duk] bless the king, our lord! (7) Concerning the journey to the city of [...] about which the king, our lord, wrote to us: if the king (is) in this house(?), in Tašritu (VII) it is good to travel. Or else the king will say: "Not [......]," [they sa]id. (reverse) This month is a 'loose' month; it should be left alone. Let the king go in the month of (its) entering. Let him kiss the ground, and let them perform the sacrifices.

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

[Nabû and] Marduk [to the king], my lord, may [they] bless! [Concerning the planet] Mars, [about which the king, my lord] wrote to me: [the king, my lord] does not know [that ......] ... it is. [......]-mera it moves [within the constellation] Virgo. [An attack] of locusts [......] ... ... it bears [radi]ance; [......] evil for Subartu. [......] these we shall remove. [Namburbi rituals and] šu'illa-prayers [before Ma]rs [......] ... continually [we shall perform]. Fault [there is none]. May the heart [of the king], my lord, [be glad ......] ... nu

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

To the king, our lord: your servants Adad-šumu-uṣur (and) Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, our lord! (8) Concerning the men of the king, our lord, about whom he wrote to us: "Will you not indicate which ones are to come out?" — (13) the others, who have not performed (the rites), should come out tomorrow and perform (them). (17) The king, our lord, knows which ones have performed and which ones have not performed. We — how should we know? (24) Under the protection of the king, may Bel and Nabû point (them) out; let them come out and…

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 002. Venus and Mercury Setting (RMA 109) [planetary]

(1) This night the moon was surrounded by a halo in Scorpius, (that is a sign) for rain [and] flood. (3) Venus (and) Mercury are about to set. (4) [......] contains (5) [......] cloud (6) [......] he will see (8) [......] Kalizi (9) [......]... (r 1) Let them [decide] about the orders and write us. (r 4) The scribe [...-nap]ištu-iddin will come [on the xth] day. [I se]nt Nabû-mušeṣi, the scribe of the temple, [as the k]ing my lord said; he is bringing the former ... (r.e. 9) From the Chief Scribe.