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SAA 12 089. Royal Votive Gift for Ištar of Arbela (IAsb pl.50)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......], Raṣappa, Bit-Zam[ani] (2) [......] ... of the province of Upu[mu] (3) [......], a gardener, bakers, cooks, br[ewers] (4) [......]s I handed over to Ištar residing in Arbela, my lady. (5) [......] those sheep which I donated, (6) [......] 2 litres of wine daily, 10 sheep month[ly]. (7) [For the preservation of m]y [life], the lengthening of my days, the longevity of my kingship, and the destruction of my enemies, (8) [... I ...ed] and in Egašankalamma until distant days I [established]. (9) [The decrees of the king]s, my fathers, I added to and confirmed.…
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SAA 12 090. Assurbanipal Recovers a Stolen Village (IAsb pl.21)
(1) For Sin, foremost of heaven and earth, [......], the honored Namraṣit, power without equal, [......], the compassionate lord who [...]s to the king who is pious to him, [......] — (4) I am Assurbanipal, great king, mighty king, ki[ng of the world, king of Assyria], who heeds his weighty command a[nd ......]. (6) Il-yabi, the eu[nuch of ...], who a village in its entirety amounting to such and such [an area of land and orchards ...] to Sin residing in Elumu o[f his own accord donated as a votive offering] for the preservation of the life of the ki[ng and set up a stele]; afterwards, his…
LawEconomySAA 12 091. Memorandum Concerning Votive Donation (STT 406+)
(1) [The servants of] Ištar of Huzirina, [that the king] has given [to] Nusku. (3) [NN], son of Se'-dillini, baker (4) [NN], cupbearer (5) [NN], ditto (6) [NN], cook (7) [N]N, [son of] Kabar-Dadi, ditto (8) Nasrâ, son of [Q]arhâ, [...] (9) Nanî, son of Li[...]su, [...] (10) Miniwî, so[n of N]N, [...] (11) [N]N, [son of B]alasu, [...] (12) [NN, son of N]N, [...] (Break) (18) N[N, son of NN, ...] (19) Qarhâ, son of [NN, ...] (20) Nušku-šezibanni, son of [NN, ...] (21) Bir-yatate, son of [NN, ...] (22) Našuh-suri, son of Adda-[..., ...] (23) Rahime-Dadi, son of Il-gab[biri, ...] (24)…
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SAA 12 092. Four Men Donate a Bastard to Ninurta (ADD 0640)
(1) Seal of [Bel]-na'id, seal of [Nabû]-na'id, his brother, seal of Urad-Issar, son of Bel-na'id, seal of Šumma-[u]ssezib, son of Kanunayu — in all 4 men, owners of the man being dedicated to Ninurta of Calah. (cylinder seal impressions) (7) Dur-maki-Issar, son of Ra'imtu the sister of [Bel]-na'id and of Nabû-na'id, who gave birth to him during her prostitution — they have brought him up and presented him as a gift to Ninurta, their lord. For labour-duty or corvée work he is considered part of the temple of Ninurta. (13) Any future person: do not cast aside the wording of this document;…
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SAA 12 093. Mannu-de’iq Donates his Son to Ninurta (ADD 0641)
(1) To Ninurta of Calah — (3) Mannu-de'iq, shield bearer of the eunuch, has presented Nabû-maqtu-šatbi, his son, (stamp seal impressions) (5) to Ninurta, the powerful, the mightiest of the gods, the warrior, for the life of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, to Ninurta of Calah as a gift. (10) Whoever takes him away from Ninurta, whether his prefect, his commander-of-fifty, his un[cle], his cousin, or [his ...], by force or through vi[ndication] — (15) May Ninurta defeat him with a merciless weapon. May Gula place a never-healing sore on his body. May Adad, canal inspector of heaven and earth,…
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SAA 12 094. The Ninurta Temple Purchases a Devotee (ADD 0642)
(1) Seal of Na'id-Issar, seal of Aššur-matka-da''in, sons of Issar-šumu-iddina, weaver of the queen, owner of the man being sold. (stamp seal impressions) (5) Šumma-Nabû, weaver of multicoloured trim, their servant — (6) Iddin-Ea, priest of Ninurta, has contracted, purchased and bought him for Ninurta residing in Calah for 1/2 mina of silver from Na'id-Issar, (and) from Aššur-matka-da''in. (11) Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void. (12) Whoever in the future, at any [time], lodges a complaint or [breaks the contract, wh]ether [these] men [or ......], (Break) (r 1) [...] any litigants…
LawEconomySAA 12 095. A Man Donates his two Nephews to Nabu
(1) [Seal of ...]ayu, [owner of the people being g]iven. (seal impressions) (3) Urad-Issar and Nabû-hamatu[a], in all 2 sons of La-ṣahittu, his sister — (5) He has fed them and kept them alive, wea[ned them] and brought them up. He made [them] free from claims and g[ave them] to Nabû of Cal[ah], his lord. (10) Whoever claims to have autho[rity] over them or tries to take them from the control of Nabû by force — (13) May Nabû, scribe of the universe, make his name and his seed disappear from the land, [curse] him with a horrible curse that [cannot be undone] and [command] that [his] life not…
LawEconomySAA 12 096. Nabu-sakip Donates two Slaves and an Estate to Nabu
(1) To Nabû who dwells in Ezida in Calah, great lord, his lord — (seal impression) (3) Nabû-sakip, son of Ahhe-damqu — Lul[...] and Palhu-ušezib, in all 2 sons of Isse-Urkittu-libbi, his slaves; and an estate of 7 hectares of field in the town Ṣabat-lukun, adjoining the road going to Ṣabat-lukun, adjoining the road going to the village of the vizier, adjoining the field of Adumu, the Sidonian, adjoining the field of Ba'al-haluṣu, commander of [fif]ty — (11) for the preservation of the life of Sin-šarru-iškun, king of Assyria, his lord, and the preservation of the life of his queen, he…
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SAA 12 097. Private Votive Donation to Nabu (NARGD 37)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) 100 rams [......] (3) he has cleared (of claims) and [donated] to Nabû, [his lord]. (4) Whoever raises a claim against t[hose] people and tries to assert his authority over them, may the mighty king, lord of lords, [...], Marduk and [his] s[pous]e Zarpanitu make his dynasty disappear from the land; may Nabû, the scribe of Esaggil, shorten his long days and may Tašmetu, the spouse of Nabû, speak unfavourably of him in the presence of her husband Nabû. (r 2) May Ištar dwelling in Arbela fill him with leprosy and cut off his entrance to temple and palace, and [may] Ninurta dwelling in Calah slay him with his [sharp] arrow. (r 7) [Witness NN, the] mayor [of Calah] (Rest destroyed)
LawEconomySAA 12 098. Aššur-reṣuwa Donates Property and People to Nabu (SAAB 01 59)
(1) To Nabû, great lord, his lord, Aššur-reṣuwa [has dedicated] for the preservation of his life and the prolongation of his days: a house in the city of Calah; an estate of 30 homers of tax-exempt land in the village of Mallaṣi; Remanni-Ištar, a farmer and 3 persons (of his family); Nabû-qata-ṣabat, Nabû-nashir and Ṣil-Nabû, a shepherd and 3 persons (of his family), with his sheep; Kapar-ili, a baker; an estate of 12 homers of land in the town of Urad-Ištar, the farmer ...... (Break) (r 14) May Marduk, king of heaven and earth [impose on him] a heavy punishment, [may] Gula, the great physician, [visit him with a curse] which cannot be cured ...... (r 19) May [DN], ferocious hero [......] smite him with his weapons.
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British Museum Cuneiform planisphere K8538
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Part of a circular clay tablet with depictions of constellations (planisphere); the reverse is uninscribed; restored from fragments and incomplete; partly accidentally vitrified in antiquity during th
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Cuneiform cylinder- inscription of Esarhaddon MET ss86 11 55
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform cylinder; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
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Cuneiform cylinder- inscription of Sennacherib describing his third campaign MET ME86 11 197
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform cylinder; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
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Cuneiform prism- inscription of Esarhaddon MET ME86 11 277
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform prism; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
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Cuneiform prism- inscription of Esarhaddon MET ME86 11 278
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform prism; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
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Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg
Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Between 1845 and 1851 CE, Sir Austen Henry Layard uncovered the cuneiform library of King Assurbanipal in Nineveh. These texts, most of which dated to the 7th century BCE, were brought back to the Bri
EconomyDaily LifeSennacherib's Annals (Taylor Prism)
One of the rare cuneiform texts that explicitly cross-references the Hebrew Bible: the same historical event narrated by both sides. The Taylor Prism gives us the Assyrian view of a moment the biblical authors framed as divine deliverance. It is also a masterpiece of imperial propaganda — the prismatic shape allows the text to be read on six faces, the cuneiform is meticulous, the rhetoric calibrated to terrify potential rebels.
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SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]
1. In the month of Ab, if the Storm-god raises his voice and the sky is overcast, the sky pours down rain, lightning flashes, [and] waters are held back in the underground spring — 1. If in a day without clouds the Storm-god cries out, darkness: ditto. Famine will be in the land. Because of this unfavorable body-sign, the king, my lord, should not speak from his heart [i.e., speak out / act on impulse]. This illness belongs to that year. As many of the people as are ill — all [will be] well. Turn back [to favor], O king my lord: he who fears the gods, those [gods] day and night the gods intercede for him […]
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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.
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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].
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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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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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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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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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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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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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SAA 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.
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SAA 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].
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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].
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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.
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SAA 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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SAA 08 027. Rising of Venus (RMA 247) [planetary]
(1) What is this love by which Ištar loves the king my lord and has [sent] the very best to the king my lord! (6) [Venus] made her [posit]ion perfect [.....] she became visible quickly — [a good sign for the king] and his reign. (r 1) [If Ven]us stays in her position for long: [the da]ys of the king will become long. (r 3) If the rising of [Venus] is seen early: the king of the land will extend the life. (r 5) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
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SAA 08 028. (no title) (RMA 021A) [unclassifiable]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [If the day] reaches its normal length: [a reign] of long days. (3) This night, [Mar]s came out [of] Cancer. (5) [From] Issar-šumu-ereš.
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 08 029. Regulus Bright (RMA 198) [planetary]
(1) [If Re]gulus carries radiance: [the king of Akkad] will exercise complete dominion. (3) — [......] and stands with Regulus. (5) [From] Issar-šumu-ereš.
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SAA 08 030. Occultation of Old Man Star (RMA 244) [planetary]
(1) If the Old Man star comes to stand close to the top of the moon and enters the moon: the king will stand in triumph, he will become old and [extend] his land; he will be happy about his land; there will be truth and justice in the land. (r 1) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
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SAA 08 031. Thunder in Ab [weather]
(1) This rain and thunder concerns the appointed time of the sighting of Venus. (4) If in Ab (V) Adad thunders, the day becomes cloudy, it rains, a rainbow stretches, lightning flashes: the floodings will become scarce at the source. (r 1) If it rains on a day without clouds: the land will be reduced by famine. (r 3) If Adad shouts on a day without clouds: there [will] be darkness and famine in the land. (r 5) If a storm [blows] from the west: fall of Elam. (r.e. 7) From Issar-šumu-er[eš].
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SAA 08 032. Thunder at Month’s End (RMA 255) [weather]
(1) If Adad shouts on the day of disappearance of the moon: the harvest will pros[per]; business will be steady. (3) If it rains on the day of disappearance of the moon: ple[nty] for the people. (5) If Adad thunders on the day [of disappearance of the moon]: there will be darkness in the land. (r 1) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
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SAA 08 033. Thunder in Tišri (RMA 259) [weather]
(1) If in Tishri (VII) Adad thunders, the day becomes cloudy, it rains, a rainbow stretches, lightning flashes: the gods will have mercy on the land. (r 1) From the Chief Scribe.
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