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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 311. Fragment Concerning an Appointment or an Illness [appointment]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] The 'strength' is over[turned ....] (2) [...] is atrophied. The base of the mid[dle] surface of the 'finger' [...]. (3) [The brea]st-bone is trimmed on the right and on the left. (r 1) There are [... unfavo]rable omens. (r 2) [The man whose name is written in this] tablet and [placed] before your [great] divinity [...] (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 312. Fragment of a Medical Query [medical]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The top of the left surface of [the 'finger'] drags towards the area of the 'finger.' [...] (3) The 'outside' [rides upon the 'cap.'] (4) The breast-bone [...] (5) [There are] 5 unfavorable omens. (r 1) The patient whose name is written [in] this [... and placed] before your great divinity, (r 4) (and) the nature of whose illness, slight or grave, [your great divinity knows] — (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 313. Fragment of a Query Concerning a Rumour [appointment]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) ...... In the ankle there is a hole whose inside is white. (3) In the base of the 'station' a filament lies crosswise. (4) The 'well-being' is overturned and faces the gall bladder. (5) The gall bladder is flattened. Above the 'increment' there is a 'weapon'-mark which faces the 'yoke.' (7) There are 4 unfavorable omens. (r 1) The man whose name is written in this oblong tablet and placed before your great divinity, (and) concerning whom it was [s]aid to Assurbanipal, king of [Assyria], your servant: (r 7) "[......] Aššur-nemel-[...]" (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 314. Fragment Concerning the Son of Marduk-apla-iddina [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... The upper/lower] part is elevated. (2) There is a hole in the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' at the side of the middle surface of the 'finger.' (3) [......] ... The vertebrae [...] (4) [......] (5) [PN, son of Marduk]-apla-iddina (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 315. Should Assurbanipal Perform Sacrifices before ...? [cultic]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...... It is favorable in both a favora]ble and unfavor[able case. ...] (r 2) Should [Assurbani]pal, king of Assyria, [your] creature, [at the beginn]ing of month Adar of [this] ye[ar] perform [...] sacrifices be[fore god ...], his [...]? (r 5) [Does your great] divinity [know it? Is it pleasing] to the great lord, ...? Is it acce[pt]able [to the great lord, ...?] (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 316. Fragment Concerning a Dream (PRT 103) [cultic]

(1) The top of the 'station' is pointed. If the 'cruci[ble'] is cu[rled] all over on the [right and left] upward, and the 'path' lies within it: in warfare, the weapons of the pr[ince will have no equal]. In a distant time, the prince's land will be ob[edient] to him. (5) The 'well-being,' the 'path' on the right of the gall [bladder, and the 'base] of the throne' [are present]. (6) The left of the gall bladder is [attached]. (7) [In the] top of the [...] surface of the ['finger' ...]. (8) [......]. (9) [The upper pa]rt is elevated. The 'ear' is present. (10) The base of the middle ['finger'…

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 317. Query Concerning an Illness of Assurbanipal (PRT 106) [medical]

(1) The 'station' is present. If the 'paths' are two, and they lie separately: change of mind, change of spirit. The expedition you have planned will collapse and you will undertake another. The plans of kings in chamber will come to naught, and they will conceive others. (5) If you make an extispicy for the practice of medicine, the physician shall not touch the patient: the diviner shall not make a prognosis. (7) A deceitful omen. (8) A bifurcation faces in its middle the gall bladder. If the 'well-being' is like the HAL-sign: diminution. (9) The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder and…

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 318. Query Concerning the Land (PRT 111) [miscellaneous]

(1) [The middle of the 'station' is effa]ced. The 'path' [......]. (2) [The l]eft of the gall bladder is atta[ched ......]. (3) [...] there is a 'weapon'-mark [facing up]ward. (4) [The upper/lower part] is elevated. The middle 'finger' of the lung [......]. (5) [The breast-bon]e is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the sheep is no[rmal]. (6) First extispicy. (7) [The middle of the 'sta]tion' is effaced. The 'paths' are two, the upper one is short. (8) [The 'well-being'] and the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder are present. (9) [...] is split. The base of the…

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 319. Is a Letter Sent to Assurbanipal Reliable? (PRT 119) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (7) [... The 'well-being'] is smashed on the [rig]ht. (8) [...] is affected. (9) [...]: route of the army. (10) [...]... of the enemy. Grief. (11) The base of the [middle 'finger' of the lung] is 'bound.' The breast-bone is thick. (12) The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. (13) [...] The top of the le[ft] surface of the [gall] bladder [...] faces the le[ft side] of the 'finger.' (14) [... in the] middle [surface] of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark which faces the top of the 'finger.' (15) [...] there is a 'weapon'-mark. The top of…

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 320. Will a Written Plan Succeed? (EANE 203) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... lo]wer [...] 'weapon'-mark [......]. (2) [In the] middle [sur]face of the 'finger' there is a fissure. [......] (3) [The 'station' and the 'pa]th' are present. If the 'well-being' is overturned [and faces the gall bladder]: strife; dispersal of [the man's] household. (5) [The fr]ont of the atrophied part is effaced. If the gall bladder [has a swelling up]ward in its narrow part: the orders of the ruler will be disa[greeable] to his officials. (7) If the 'finger' is severed: downfall of the army. (8) If on the left of the 'finger' in (its) wide part there is a…

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 321. Is the Rumour of Insurrection against Assurbanipal True? (ABL 1367) [military and political]

(1) I ask you, Manlaharban: (2) This rumor of an insurrection which was reported to Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, thus: (5) "They are making an insurrection against you," (6) is it decreed and confirmed? (r 1) Will it happen? Is it true? Will they catch me? Will I die? Will they capture me in the course of it? (r 4) Disregard that a woman has written it and placed it before you.

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 322. Will Assurbanipal Survive this Insurrection? (ABL 1368) [military and political]

(1) [I as]k you, [Ma]nlaharbanuni, (2) about this rumor of insurrection which was reported to Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, thus: (5) "They are making an insurrection against you." (6) Will Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, survive and escape this insurrection? (r 3) Will he prevail over those who are making the insurrection against him, and will they fall, [and ...]? (r 6) Disregard that a woman has wri[tte]n and placed it before you.

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 323. Fragment Concerning an Extispicy in Year 652 (PRT 104) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...... In] the right side of the 'finger' [there is] a 'wea[pon'-mark]. (4) [......] facing [......]. (5) [In the top] of the left surface of the 'finger' there is a 'fo[ot'-mark]. (6) [......] The 'increment' is normal. (7) [The 'ca]p' rides upon the 'outside.' (8) [The left side of the 'cap'] grows a 'weapon'-mark. (9) [The coils of the co]lon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. (10) The left ['se]at' of the 'path' is present. (11) [...] it faces [......]. (Break) (r 2) [Month ..., ...th day, eponym year of Aššur-du]ru-uṣu[r] (652) . [......] (r 3) [... Marduk]-šumu-uṣu[r ......] (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 324. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 110) [unclassifiable]

(1) [If ......, ...] will get ill and keep falling down. (2) [If ...] will take [......]. (3) [If ... is fi]rm, I will defeat the enemy. (4) If the top of the 'station' is split and the gall bladder is flattened: the enemy's army will not achieve its enterprise. (6) If the 'paths' are two, and the right 'path' is located on the left 'path': the prince's weapons will pr[evail] over the enemy's weapons. (8) [...] strengthening of the prince. The prince's country will expand. (9) [...] the 'base of the throne' [......]. (10) [The heart of the she]ep is normal [......] (11) [...] the right of the…

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 325. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] the land and [...]. (2) [If the 'p]at[hs' are two, and the right 'path' is located] on the [left] 'path': [the prince]'s weapons [will prevail] over [the enemy's] weapons. (4) [If the 'paths'] are [two], and the upper one [is collapsed] to the right and effaced [in] its collapsed part: [......] will not attain [his g]oal. (7) There is a hole [at] the left side of the gall bladder. (8) [The ...] appearance of the gall bladder is li[ke ......] (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 326. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 116) [unclassifiable]

(1) The 'station' is present. The 'path' is present. (2) The 'path' is raised on the right, and lies in the cystic duct. (3) The left of the gall bladder is split. There is a hole in the left of the 'finger.' (4) Above the 'increment' there is a 'weapon'-mark which rises from right to left. (5) The 'cap' rides upon the 'outside.' (6) The upper part is elevated. The 'crucible' [...]. (7) There is a 'foot'-mark in the back of lung. (8) The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' (9) The breast-bone is thick. (10) The coils of the colon are 14 in number. (11) The heart of the sheep…

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 327. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 108) [unclassifiable]

(beginning too broken for translation) (10) The inside of [......] (11) The lower [part ......] (12) There are 5 [unfavorable omens. ......] (Break) (r 1) ...[......] (r 2) [......] (r 3) t[o ......] (r 4) Month Tishri (VII), 11th day, eponym year of Sa[gab] (651) . (r 5) Aššur-da''in-šarru, [NN]. (r 6) Perfor[med in] the Succession Palace.

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 328. Fragment Similar to No. 323 [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) Before [...] (r 2) Ninuaya, chief haruspex, (was) re[porter] (r 4) Performed in the Succession Palace before [NN].

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 329. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 140) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] are present. (2) [The 'strength'] is doubled. (3) The front of the [gall] bladder is located to the right. (4) [The ba]se of [the gall bladder] is loose on the right, [firm] on the left. (5) There is a cross-shaped marking [in the t]op of the gall bladder. (6) [...] its [bas]e is [...]. (Break) (r 3) [NN, rep]orter. Month Tebet (X), [...th da]y, [eponym year of Sa]gab (651) . (r 5) Performed [in ....] (r 6') (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 330. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 117) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] ... (2) [...... is cur]led. (3) [...... is prese]nt. (4) [The base of the gall bladder] is firm on the right, loose on the left. (5) [The left of the gall bladder] is attached. (6) [The 'fing]er' is thick. (Break) (r 1) [Month ..., ...th day], eponym year of Sagab (651) . (r 2) [NN], reporter.

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 332. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 127) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The phys[ician shall not touch the patient ...]. (2) The 'path' [...] to the right [......]. (3) If the 'well-being' is destro[yed ......]: the enemy will [go] into exile [......]. (5) The 'bases of the throne' are two and [......]. (6) [If] the top of the 'finger' is atrophied: [the enemy will attack] the vanguard [of my army]. (7) The middle surface of the 'finger' [......]. (8) If the base of top of the 'finger' [is ......]: a [dangerous] attack [......]. (10) [...] the left [......]. (Break) (r 2) [...] A cancerous marking [......] (r 3) [concerning] Aššur-ra'im-ša[rri ......]. (r 4) Month Tammuz (IV), 24th day, [eponym year of NN]. (r 5) Ilu-u[...], re[porter].

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 333. Fragment Concerning an Extispicy in Year 650 (PRT 120) [unclassifiable]

(1) The top of the 'station' is overturned [...]. (2) The 'paths' are 2, the lo[wer one ...]: the prince [will ...] good [...]. (Break) (r 1) Dan[naya, haruspex;] B[a... (and) NN], re[porter]s. (r 4) Month Ab (V), [...th day], eponym year of Bel-[Harran-šadû'a] (650) . (r 6) Written [......].

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 334. Fragment Similar to No. 333 (PRT 121) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] army [......] (2) [...] our army [......] (3) [At the l]eft side of the gall bladder there is a cross. [......] (4) [...] ... [......] (5) [...] succession [......] (6) [...] supremacy [......] (7) [...] a fissure to the 'weapon' [......] (8) [...] the son [will make] rebellion and [......] (9) [...] ... [......] (Break) (r 2) Month Tishri (VII), 8th day, [eponym year] of Bel-Harran-[šadû'a]. (r 3) Ilu-ṣabtanni son of [...]-bani (and) [PN] son of haruspex Marduk-šumu-uṣur (were) reporters.

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

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)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 336. Fragment of a Report (PRT 133) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) The 'fi[nger' ......]. (3) The [middle] 'finger' of the lung [......]. (4) The lower part [......] and the left of the gall bladder [......], (6) nothing [......]. (Break) (r 1) Favorable. (r 2) Month Tammuz (IV), 8th day, [eponym year of NN]. (r 3) D[annay]a (and) Marduk-šu[mu-uṣur, reporters]. (r 4) The great gods [of heaven and earth] have sent health to the ki[ng, my lord ...]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 337. Fragment of a Report (PRT 137) [unclassifiable]

(1) The 'station' is present. The 'path' reaches its 'seats.' (2) The 'well-being' and the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder are present. (3) If the top of the 'finger' is split and drags towards the area of the 'finger': my army will reach its goal. My army's enterprise will be attained. (5) [...] The enemy's army will [... his] enterprise. (Break) (r 1) [Ašš]ur-da''in-šarru, eunuch, (was) re[porter]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 338. Fragment of a Report (PRT 123) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [If the 'paths' are two], and the rig[ht 'path' lies] on the left 'path': [The prince's wea]pons will prevail over his enemy's weapons. (3) [If the 'well-being'] appears [like] a crescent at the side of the gall bladder: you will penetrate [your enemy's country in] campaigns. (Break) (r 1) [...] Bel-[...] (r 2) [...]... [...] (r 3) [...]-reṣuwa, reporter. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 339. Fragment of a Report (PRT 132) [unclassifiable]

(1) If a filament lies crosswise in the base of the station [......], (2) the pacing [......] (3) with your god [......] (Break) (r 1) eponym year [of NN], g[overnor of ...]. (Break) (e. 1) [......] Unfavorable.

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 341. Fragment of a Report Containing Blessings (CT 54 069+) [unclassifiable]

(1) The ['sta]tion' is long [...]. (2) The 'path' [reaches] its 'seats.' (3) The 'strength' is present. The 'path' on the left of the gall [bladder] (4) and the coils of the colon are 16 in number. In [your] fa[vorab]le ext[ispicy] there are two niphus. (6) If [over] the 'increment' there is a 'weapon'-mark and [it rises] from [right to left: my army will take] the enemy's [bo]oty. (Break) (r 2) Month Elul (VI), 17th day, eponym ye[ar of NN]. (r 3) May Šamaš and Adad, impose [a just] verdict and grant th[is to the ki]ng, my lord! (r 6) May they make you attain your goal and [bestow] eternal happiness and health [upon the ki]ng, my lord!

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 342. Fragment of a Report(?) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the scepter, thr]one and rei[gn of the king will be] long. (3) [If] in the 'pala[ce' of the 'finger'] a long design is drawn straight and the left of the 'finger' is split: Illil will remove from the Ekur the scepter, throne and reign of the king. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 343. Fragment Similar to No. 340 [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The upper [part ......] (2) Between [the 'cap' of the lung and the 'lift of the head' of the lung] a piece of flesh is ...[...]: the sun in its rising. [......] (5) From the mouth [......]. (Break) (r 1) judgment [......] (r 2) true [......] (r 3) is not unfavorable [......] (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 344. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] The base of the [middle par]t is 'bound.' (Break) (r 1) [......]. The gall bladder is flattened. (r 2) [......]. The right side of the 'finger' is split. (r 3) [...] in the middle [...] there is a 'request'-mark. (r 4) [There are] 5 unfavorable omens [in the extispicy]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

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…

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 346. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) The base of the middle ['finger' of the lung] is 'loose.' The left [...]. (3) [The breast-bo]ne is thick. (If) the coils of the colon are raised [and turned] on the left, and are 16 in number, my army's g[ods] will lead it [in its onslau]ghts. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 347. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] faces the [...]. (3) [...]; secondly, pitrustu. (4) [If ... (and)] there is a hole in its [...], (5) [...] his [...] will abandon him. (6) [......] (7) [... the upper/lower] part is elevated. (8) The base of the middle ['finger' of the lu]ng is 'loose.' (9) [... The coils of the colon ...] are doubled, (and) are 16 in number. (10) [...] the heart of the sheep is normal. First extispicy. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 348. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The 'path' [reaches its] 'seats.' (2) The 'strength' is swollen like a seed. (4) The lower part [...]. (r 1) [If in] the left side of the gall bladder a 'foot'-mark is tr[immed], your [army] will [... its] goal. (r 3) The 'path' on the left of the gall [bladder ...]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 349. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(1) In the left side of the 'station' ...[...]. (2) The 'path' and 'well-being' are present [......]. (3) The left side of the gall bladder is attached [......]. (4) The 'increment' is present [......]. (5) The lower [part is elevated ......]. (6) The 'cap' [......]. (7) The mid[dle ......]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 350. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(1) The 'path' [......]. (2) The 'well-being' is inundated [......]. (3) The 'weapon'-mark of the 'increment' [rises to the left]. (4) In the cystic duct [......]. (5) The left side of the gall bladder [is attached]. (6) The top of the 'finger' [......]. (7) The upper and lower parts [......]. (8) There is a 'foot'-mark in the right side of the lung [......]. (9) The base of the left surface of the 'finger' [......]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 351. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [...... If the up]per and the lower part are in equ[ilibrium: strife. Lovers will be estranged.] (r 3) [......] the upper and the lower part are in equ[ilibrium ......] (r 4) [......] The top of the 'finger' is small. [......] (r 5) [......] the lung [......] (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

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)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 353. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(1) The 'station,' 'well-being,' and 'base of the throne' are present. (2) The left of the gall bladder is split. (3) There is a design in the middle surface of the 'finger.' (4) [... of the 'yo]ke' enters to the left. (5) [... The mid]dle of the 'path' is effaced. (6) [...] the 'outside.' (7) [...] is split. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 354. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] heart [...] (2) [......] is ... [in] its [...]. The 'cavi[ty' of the ... lung is split.] (3) [... The coils of the colon are ... in number. The verte]bra is recessed on the right. [First extispicy.] (4) [......]. The left [of the gall bladder] is attached. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth
~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.

Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & Myth
~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 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 & Myth
~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 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…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 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.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 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.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 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.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 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)…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 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].

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