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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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],…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & Myth~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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)
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & Myth~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~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 & MythAstronomy & Mathematics~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 04 352. 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 16
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.…
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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,…
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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…
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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…
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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)
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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)
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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)…
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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)
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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)
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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…
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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)
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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 [...]
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 167. Fragment of a Medical Report (CT 53 855)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) S[în-... is doing very, very well]. Sîn-[... is doing very, very we]ll. (4) [... sic]kness [...] (5) [......] (6) [... PN is doing very, very] well. (Rest destroyed)
Daily Life~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
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)
Daily LifeEconomy
~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.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~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].
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~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…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~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.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~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.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~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)…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~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] aft…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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 th…
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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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?
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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
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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