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SAA 16 204. Glazing Bricks (ABL 1310)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the] commander-in-chief (3) [......] they say (4) [......] ... (5) [......] they do (6) [...... I] said (7) [......] with the king (8) [......] I (and) the brick masons (9) [......] the chief ... (10) [... have gla]zed [bricks] (11) [...] there are (12) [...] the king made clear (13) [...] asked (14) [...] ... (r 1) [...] we asked (r 2) [...] they said: "2 or 3 (r 3) [...] there are (r 4) [...] with(in) 2 or 3 (r 5) [...] we will go and [...] the face (r 6) [...] said (r 7) [...] in its place (r 8) [...] We shall clear up (who is) a friend (r 9) [... and] tell [it to] the king. (r 10) [Perhaps the king will say: "Is yo]ur [...] an instigator?" (r 11) [... that] I am [...] (r 12) [......] the c[ommander-in-c]hief (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 205. Appointing Guards (CT 53 109)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) I ap[point]ed two guards and two [...s] in their service. Concerning their bread I made it very clear that they are to bring the [...] down where [there are] shelters. (r 7) [Now] Marduk-remanni [..., say]ing: "The servants of the city [GN ...] our [wo]rk." (r 10) [He we]nt off [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 206. (no title) (CT 53 189)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now then, we have seen [the ...] of the palace who produce the [...]. There is [...] (Break) (r 3) The king, [my lord], should not [be concerned] about it. (r 5) We [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 207. Promoting Chariot Drivers and ‘Third Men’ (CT 53 249)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] my [......] (2) [......] to the cro[wn] prince [...] (3) As soon as your gods [have ...ed] the face of the king, my lord, the king, my lord, will see his statement: a servant who is loyal [to his lord], a servant who [...]s the [...] of h[is lord], a servant who [falls] and die[s] on behalf the house of h[is] lords. (7) Now, if on [... the ch]ariot-driver(s) and the 'third men' [com]e before the king, [my] lo[rd], let him be promoted. As to [...], let the overseer of the [...] write [the names of two ch]ariot-drivers and two 'third men' on [...], so that [...] (12) [...] Nabû-mušezib [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 209. (no title) (CT 53 270)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... t]he cohort commander [...] (r 1) [...] hith[er] (r 2) [...] wine (r 3) [...] refined [s]ilver (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 211. Should I Come to Calah? (CT 53 292)
(Obverse destroyed) (r 1) Should I come to Cal[ah]? (r 3) What is it that the king, [my l]ord, commands?
Daily LifeSAA 16 212. Good Advice (CT 53 294)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now [......] (2) I said: "[......] (3) of [your]se[lf ...] (4) I said: "[......] (5) [......] (6) I said: "Wh[y ...] (7) the king [......] (r 1) [......] (r 2) [He sa]id: "Wh[y don't you agree] (r 3) "to feed an aṣūdu-bowl [to ...]? O[f ...] (r 5) of the deputy [...] (r 6) Why [......] (Break) (e. 1) [The ...]s of the king [...]. (e. 2) That is a ve[ry] good advice.
Daily LifeSAA 16 214. (no title) (CT 53 377)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] the kin[g ...] (2) [w]ent [...] (r 1) [......] the messe[nger] (r 2) [...] wrote me (r 3) [... w]hen (r 4) [......] the [w]al[l] (r 6) [...] those [...]s (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 215. (no title) (CT 53 381)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your] servant [PN], the sc[ribe of ...]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! (Break) (r 2) Ṣalam-šarri-[iqbi] (r 3) the chief [......] (r 4) bro[ught me (...)]
Daily LifeSAA 16 216. (no title) (CT 53 456)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Previ]o[usly] (2) [......] (3) the [... o]f the [...] official (4) said: "[...] ... [......]" (6) Now he has go[ne around ......] (7) set ou[t ......] (8) they sell [......] (9) Previously [......] (10) they used to knit [......] (11) dark-blue wool [......] (12) bast [......] (Break) (r 4) to [......] (r 5) [......] (r 6) the ex[empts ...] (r 7) has ta[ken ......] (r 8) let [......] (r 9) [......] (r 10) [their] work [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 217. (no title) (CT 53 475)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... wi]th the king, my lord (2) [......] upon (3) [......] terrible (4) [......] scribe (Break) (r 1) his [...] before [......] (r 2) [which] I am hauling [...] (r 3) [...] ... [...] (r 4) [.. the kin]g, my lord [...] (r 5) [...] ... [...] (r 6) [s]aid [......] (r 7) [...] Aššu[r ... the R]ear [Palace] (r 8) [...] lords[hip ...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Daily LifeSAA 16 218. Who is This Goldsmith? (CT 53 488)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good hea]lth to the king, [my lord]! May Nabû and Mar[duk] bless the king, m[y] lord. (7) As to the go[ld]smith about whom the king sai[d]: "Who is he?" (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 219. (no title) (CT 53 539)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] I [...] (r 2) [...] the king, [my] lo[rd], broug[ht] (me) my [..., saying: "Let yo]ur [...] with you!" (r 6) [The king], my [lor]d pla[c]ed (r 7) [...] of ... (r 8) [... which I] saw (r 9) [... The king], my [lor]d, should [know it]. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 221. (no title) (CT 53 654)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Let him br[ing ......] (2) here [......] (3) let him take [......] (4) of/which the kin[g ......] (5) to [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 222. (no title) (CT 53 655)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... to] the king, [my] lord (2) [...... t]o greet [...] (3) I saw the [... of the king, m]y [lord] (4) [...... the kin]g, my lord (Break) (r 1) [......] because of [......] (r 3) [...... t]o the king (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 223. It is a Royal Order (CT 53 669)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] eyes [...] (3) [...] He said: "It is a royal order (4) [...] me ... [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 225. Sold for Money (CT 53 690)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] saying, "Why [has ... sold the ...] of my lord's household for money [...]?" (3) [...] sent, placed, and ca[me ...] (4) [......] saying, "[......]" (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 226. (no title) (CT 53 696)
(1) [...... the ki]ng (2) [......] Nabû (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Daily LifeSAA 16 227. (no title) (CT 53 698)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) 5 [......] (2) all this [......] (3) that [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 228. (no title) (CT 53 705)
(1) [To the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Kabtî [...] has said: "[......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 229. We Shall Stay Awake (CT 53 713)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] we shall stay awake (Break) (r 2) [......] month (r 3) [......] him (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 230. (no title) (CT 53 714)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Concerning what the kin]g, my lord, [pr]eviousl[y wrot]e to me [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 245. (no title)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the o]ther ones [...] (2) [...] we do [n]ot know. N[ow the]n, the king (4) [... i]mage [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 246. (no title)
(1) The very [best of health] to the kin[g, my lord]! (3) [May] Na[bû ......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]
(1) If in Ab (V) Adad thunders, the day is cloudy, it rains, lightning flashes: water will become scarce at the source. (4) If Adad shouts on a day without clouds: there will be darkness, variant: famine in the land. (6) The king my lord need not worry about this illness. This is a seasonal disease; all the people who were sick are well (now). Further, the king my lord who is one who reveres the gods and prays day and night to the gods — can really anything happen to the king my lord and his offspring? God disposes; and that is good. (r 4) Somewhere it is said as follows: "He is doing very well — his days will be short; he keeps falling ill — his days will be long." (r 8) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 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.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 003. Eclipse of the Sun (RMA 274B) [eclipses]
(1) [Mannu-k]i-Harran [wrote me] today: "The sun was [eclips]ed on the 29th; [what day do you have] today? We have [the ...th] (5) [...] We reject this [date ......]. (Break) (r 1) The messenger who went to Marduk-[...] came (back and) reported: "We did not see the moon, there were clouds." (r 4) They did not see, we did not see; (consequently) we do not reject [the (30th) day].
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 004. Eclipse of the Moon in the Morning (RMA 271) [eclipses]
(1) [If] there is an eclipse in Sivan (III) on the 14th day, and the (moon) god in his eclipse becomes dark on the east side above, and clears on the west side below, the north wind rises during the evening(!) watch and touches the middle watch: you observe his eclipse and keep the north wind in mind; thereby a decision is given for Ur and the king of Ur: the king of Ur will experience famine; deaths will become many; as for the king of Ur, his son will wrong him, but Šamaš will catch the son who wronged his father, and he will die in the mourning-place of his father; a son of the king who…
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 005. Evening Last of Venus (RMA 206) [planetary]
(1) Venus se[t] in the west. (2) If Venus in [Tebet (X)] from the 1st to the 30th day disappears in the west: the harvest of the land will prosper. (5) If Venus keeps a stable position: the days of the ruler will be long; there will be truth in the land. (8) If Venus moves in the path of Ea and sta[nds: the god]s will have peace for the Westland. (r 2) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and the Pleiades stand in it: in that year, women will give birth to male children. (r 4) If ditto, and the Old Man star s[tand]s in it: in that year, fall of peop[le]; it will not affect cattle and sheep. (r 7) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 006. Jupiter and Cancer in Lunar Halo (RMA 093) [planetary]
(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Jupiter stands in it: the king of Akkad will be shut up. (4) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Cancer stands in it: the king of Akkad will extend the life. (r 1) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 007. Evening Last of Mars at Month’s End (RMA 021) [planetary]
(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech, the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (5) Twice or thrice we watched for Mars today (but) we did not see (it), it has set. Maybe the king my lord will say as follows: "Is there any (ominous) sign in (the fact) that it set?" (I answer): "There is not." (r 5) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 008. Earthquakes in Adar and Nisan (RMA 264) [weather]
(1) Concerning the earthquake about which the king [my lo]rd wrote to me, this [is its interpretation]: (3) If the earth keeps [quaking]: attack of [an enemy]. (5) If the earth quakes at night: wo[rry for the land, variant: abandonment of the land]. (6) Because i[t quaked] on the 5th day (and) it happened to quake in the night o[f the 6th day], therefore I cit[ed] "the earth ke[pt quaking]" (omen). (r 1) If the earth quakes in Nisan (I): His land will [defect] from the ruler. (r 3) Had it not begun (in) Adar (XII), rai[n ...]; now [its] interpretation is this: because it quaked in Adar (XII)…
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 009. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 031) [lunar]
(1) If the moon be[comes visible] on the 1st day: reliable speech, the land will become happy. (3) If the moon is bright at its appearance: the land Akkad will live in brightness; my troops will s[ee] plenty. (6) If the moon's horns at its appearance are very point[ed]: the king of Akkad will rule the land wherever he int[ends]. (r 1) If the day reaches [its] normal [length]: reigns of [long] days. (r 3) If the days reach [their] normal [length]: the years of the king in [......], variant: [......]. (r 6) These omens are now very [appropriate] to ci[te] in that the first days [became long] after eac[h other] regularly. (r 10) From Issar-šumu-e[reš].
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 010. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 007) [lunar]
(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (5) If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank. (7) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 011. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 074) [lunar]
(1) If the moon becom[es visible] on the 30th day: there will be frost, variant: rumor of the enemy. (4) If (the moon) becomes visible in Kislev (IX) on the 30th day: the king of the Westland will fall in battle. (r 1) The Westland [......; the] sign concerns th[em]. Should it be re[pea]ted (in Tebet), it would [concern] us. (r 5) From the Chief Scribe.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 012. New Moon on 30th Day [lunar]
(1) If the moon beco[mes visible] in Tebet (X) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will dev[our] Subartu; a foreigner will rule the Westland. (5) From the Chief Scri[be].
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 013. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 081) [lunar]
(1) If the moon [becomes visible] on the 30th day: there will be frost, variant: rumor of the enemy. (3) If the moon becomes visible in Shebat (XI) on the 30th day: an eclipse of all lands will take place. (r 1) From the Chief Scribe.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 014. New Moon on 28th Day (RMA 058) [lunar]
(1) If the moon at its appearance becomes visible on the 28th day as if on the 1st day: bad for the Westland. (3) If the moon becomes visible on the 28th day: good for Akkad, bad for the Westland. (r 1) From the Chief Scribe.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 015. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 128) [lunar]
(1) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make his throne last long. (4) If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (6) If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech, the land will become happy. The gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (r 5) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 016. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 129) [lunar]
(1) [If] on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech, the land will become happy; [the god]s will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (7) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will bec[ome stable]; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make his throne last long. (r 1) [From Is]sar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 017. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136O) [lunar]
(1) If on the 14th day the mo[on and sun are seen] together: speech will become reliable; [the land will become] happy; the gods [will remember] the land favorably; joy among the troops; the ki[ng will become] happy; the cattle of the land will l[ie] in the steppe undisturbed. (7) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king will make his throne last long. (r 1) If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (r 3) From Issar-šu[mu-ereš].
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 018. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136P) [lunar]
(1) [If on the 14th day the moon and sun] are seen together: [reliable speech]; the land will become hap[py; the gods will remem]ber [the land favorably; joy among the tr]oops. (Break) (r 1) [If the moon and sun are] in opposition: the king of the land [will wi]den his understanding. (r 3) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 019. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 152) [lunar]
(1) If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; happiness of the army; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (6) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; [the king of the land] will make his throne last long. (r 1) Let them bring in that polyptych of Enuma Anu Enlil which we wrote, (and) let the king, my lord, have a look. (r 4) Also, let them give us the Akkadian tablet of the king; the stars, 3 of each, should be drawn therein after (its model). (r 8) An eunuch should be appointed to open the seal (and) to supervise the drawing.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 020. Cancer in Lunar Halo [planetary]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [If the moon is surrounded by a halo] and [two stars] stand in it: [a reign] of long [days]. (4) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and [Ca]ncer stands in it: [the king] of Akkad will extend the life. (7) [Fr]om Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 021. Full Moon on 14th Day (LAS 350) [lunar]
(1) (As to) what the king, my lord wrote to me: 'The clouds were dense, how did you observe that the gods saw each other (in opposition)?' — (6) (the clouds) dispersed before daybreak; when he whom the king, my lord, knows revealed himself, we saw where the moon was standing. It amounts to an actual observation. (r 5) Now, does not the king, my lord, (indeed) hear that they saw each other on the 14th?
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 022. (no title) [unclassifiable]
(1) [If the moon and sun] are in balance: [the land] will become stable; [reli]able [speech] will be placed in the mouth of people; [the king of the land] will make the throne last long. (5) [If the Field star] comes close [to] the front of the moon and stands (there): [......], variant: there will be an attack of the enemy. (7) [......] brother [...] (Break) (r 1) [...] watch [...] (r 2) [The]ir [apotropaic ritual] should be performed. Let them give orders [...], let him perform [the ritual]. (r 4) [From the Ch]ief scribe.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 023. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 159) [lunar]
(1) If on the 15th day the moon and sun are s[een] together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gates. (5) If the moon does not wait for the sun but se[ts]: raging of lion and w[olf]. (7) If at the appearance of the moon one horn passes the other: the kings of all lands will bec[ome] enemies. (r 1) In Sivan (III) on the 16th day let him take upstream the rope of a b[oat]: his saving protective deity will guide [him] again and again. (r 6) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 024. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 157D) [lunar]
(1) If on the 15th day the mo[on and sun] are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gates. (6) If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lion and wolf. (r 1) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 025. Full Moon on 16th Day (RMA 168) [lunar]
(1) If the moon in Nisan (I) is seen with the sun neither on the 14th nor on the [15th day]: campaigning troops of the enemy will make a razzia into [the land] and [...] the land; there wil[l be] an uprising in the land. (6) If on the 16th day the moon and sun [are seen] together: one king [will send hostile messages] to another; the king [will be shut up] in his palace; [the step of] the enemy [will be set towards his land]; the enemy [will march around] victorious[ly in his land]. (r 1) If on the 16th day the moon and sun [are seen together]: the king of Subartu [will become strong and have no] rival. (r 4) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 026. A Sign from Sunrise Concerning Elam (RMA 277L) [solar]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] will be placed. (2) A sign from sunrise concerning Elam. (4) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
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