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SAA 08 141. Equinox on Nisan 15 (ABL 1429) [calendrical]

(1) On the 15th of Nisan (I) the day and the night were in balance: [6] 'double-hours' of daylight, 6 ['double-hou]rs' of night. (6) May Nabû (and) [Marduk] bless the king, our lord!

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

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SAA 08 142. Equinox on [...] (LAS 351) [calendrical]

(1) [On the ...th of Nisan (I) the day] and the night were in balance: 6 'double-hours' of daylight, 6 'double-hours' of night. (6) May Nabû (and) [Marduk] bless the king, our lord!

Astronomy & Mathematics·Religion & Myth

SAA 08 143. Morning First of Mars in Tammuz (RMA 244D) [planetary]

(1) [...] reached Aries. (2) [If ......] is faint, [......] will experience sorrow. (3) [This word] is not [in the Series], it is extraneous. [When ......] is faint [......], it will be cited. (r 1) [If] the red [planet] is bright: your [hand] will catch [...]. (r 3) [If in Tammuz (IV) Adad th]unders: the harvest of the land will prosper. (r 4) [If Mars becomes visible in Tammuz (IV)]: the cemetery of warriors will enlarge. (r 5) [From Nab]û-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 144. Morning First of Jupiter in Leo (RMA 266B) [planetary]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] ... [......] ... [...] stood [in] Leo [...]. (4) If [......] quakes: [the days of the k]ing will be long. (6) If [...] becomes bright [in the path] of the Enlil stars and [......]. Akkad will thrive and what is in it will live [......] the king of Akkad will become strong and experience joy. (9) [From Nabû]-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 145. Morning Last of Venus (RMA 205) [planetary]

(1) Venus set in the east. (2) If Venus gets a flare: it is not good. This means she does not complete her days (of visibility) but sets. (5) If Venus disappears in the east in Nisan (I) from the 1st to the 30th day: there will be wailings in the land. "Wailings" are weepings. This is bad for Elam. (r 3) From [Nabû]-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 146. Mercury Near Regulus (RMA 228) [planetary]

(1) Mercury came to stand inside Leo. (3) If Leo is black: the land will not be happy. (5) If Regulus is black: the commander of the palace will die. (7) From Nabû-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 147. Jupiter and Scorpius in Lunar Halo (RMA 094) [planetary]

(1) This night, the moon was surrounded by a halo, [and] Jupiter and Scorpius [stood] in [it]. (3) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Sagmegar (Jupiter) stands in it: the king of Akkad will be shut up. (5) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Nēberu stands in it: fall of cattle and wild animals. (7) The star of Marduk at its appearance is (called) Šulpa'e; when it rises 1 'double-hour' it is (called) Sagmegar; when it stands in the middle of the sky, it is (called) Nēberu. (r 2) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Scorpius stands in it: entu-priestesses will be made pregnant;…

SAA 08 148. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 006) [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) From Na[bû-mušeṣi].

SAA 08 149. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 006A) [lunar]

(1) If the moon [becomes visible] on the 1st day: reli[able] speech; the land will become happy. (4) If the day reaches its normal [length]: a reign of long days. (6) From Nabû-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 150. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 061) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: there will be frost, variant: rumor of the enemy. (4) From Nabû-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 151. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136L) [lunar]

(1) [If on the 14th day the moon and sun are see]n [together: reliable speech]; the land will become [ha]ppy; [the gods] will remember [Akkad favorably; joy among the troops]; the king will become happy; [the cattle of Akkad] will lie [in the steppe undis]turbed. (6) [If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, one horn] meets the other: [there will be truth in the land, and the son] will speak the truth with his [father ......] will be made entirely. (r 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 […

SAA 08 152. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136E) [lunar]

(1) If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king [of the land] will widen [his understanding]. (3) If the moon [and sun are in bal]ance: [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. (7) If [the moon and sun] are seen together [on the 14th day: reliable] sp[eech; 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 Nabû-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 153. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 157) [lunar]

(1) If on the [15t]h day the moon and sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons in the land; the shrines of the great gods will be torn down. (6) If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. (r 1) From Nabû-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 154. Saturn in Lunar Halo (RMA 174) [planetary]

(1) If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: there will be truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father; universal peace. (5) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Ninurta stands in it: my troops will set foot in the enemy's land. (r 1) From Nabû-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 155. (no title) (RMA 118) [unclassifiable]

(1) If the moon is surrounded by a river: there will be great floods and cloudbreaks. (4) — The Frond star st[ood] in it. (5) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and the Bo[w star stands in it]: men will rage, and robberies will [become frequent] in the land. (r 1) From Nabû-muše[ṣi].

SAA 08 156. Evening Last of Venus in Ab (RMA 206A) [planetary]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [If V]enus disappears [in the west] in [Ab (V) from the 1st day] until the 30th day: there will be rains; the harvest of the land will prosper. (r 1) [Fr]om Nabû-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 157. Morning First of Mercury (RMA 217) [planetary]

(1) Mercury became visible in the east. (2) If a planet becomes visible at the beginning of a month: rain and f[lood]. (4) If a planet becomes visible either [in] Iyyar (II) or in Sivan (III): the flood will come and irrigate the fields. (7) If a planet stands in the east: attack of Subartu and the Kassites against the land. (r 1) This is the time for work. I shall go to Nineveh and station the scribes for writing in the [...] pa[lace]. I shall do whatever the k[ing my lo]rd s[ays] in the center of Nineveh. (r 7) Maybe they won't let me to enter; let them give me a sealed order. (r 9) From Nab…

SAA 08 158. Meteor, Sighting of Mercury (RMA 200) [planetary, occasional]

(1) If a star flares up and its flare is as bright as daylight, (and) in its flaring up it has a tail like a scorpion: this sign is good; it does not (only) refer to the master of the house, but to the whole land. (4) If there is bennu-disease in all lands: the evil man will disappear, there will be truth, the poor will become rich, the rich will become poor; this master of the house, variant: this king, will stand in his truth; there will be reconciliation and peace in the land. (8) This (omen) is from the se[ries]. (9) If a meteor [flares up] from the rising of the [north wind] to the…

SAA 08 159. (no title) [unclassifiable]

(Broken) (r 1) From Nabû-mušeṣi.

SAA 08 160. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 135) [lunar]

(1) If on the 14th day the moon and su[n] are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will re[memb]er Akkad favorably; (4) the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed; joy among the troops; the king will become happy. (r 1) [If the moon and sun are in o]pposition: there will be a truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father. (r 3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (r 5) From Adad-šumu-uṣur.

SAA 08 161. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136F) [lunar]

(1) [If the moon and sun are in opp]osition: [the king of the land] will widen his [understanding. — On the 14th day the moon] is seen with the sun. (4) [If the moon and sun] are in balance: [the land wi]ll become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make the throne last long. (r 1) — [On the 14th day] the moon is seen with the sun. (r 2) [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; there will be [joy] among people. (r 6) [From Adad-šum]u-uṣur…

SAA 08 164. Auspicious Days in Iyyar [calendrical]

(1) [Iyyar (I]I), the 2nd day: [favorable]. (2) The 6th day: [let him take] a wif[e, he will live to ol]d age. (3) The 8th day: an important person will be favorable. (4) The 10th day: at court, favorable. (5) The 12th day: in the street, favorable. (6) The 15th day: perfect seed. (7) The 16th day: joy of heart. (8) The 18th day: convert the cleaned (barley). (Break) (r 9) [From] Aššur-naṣir.

SAA 08 165. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 016) [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) Adar (XII) and Elul (VI) are beginning of the year, as Nisan (I) and Tishri (VII) are at the beginning of the year. (r 2) The moon has sent a favorable omen on the length of the days of the reign to the king my lord. (r 6) From Aššur-šarra[ni].

SAA 08 166. Occultation of Saturn (RMA 175) [planetary]

(1) If the sun enters the moon: a[ll] lands will spe[ak] the truth; univers[al] peace. (4) [If] a planet comes close to the top of the moon, st[ops], and enters the moon: lions will rage and (block) the traffic of the land, variant, kill the herds. (7) Saturn entered the moon. (8) From Aššur-šarrani.

SAA 08 167. Full Moon on 14th Day [lunar]

(1) If on the 14th day the moon and sun [are seen together]: reliable speech; the land will become happ[y; the gods] will remember [Akkad favorably]; joy [among the troops; the king will become happy]. (4) If the moon and sun are in opposition: [the king of the land will widen his understanding]. (5) If the moon and sun are in balance: [reliable speech] will be placed in the mouth of people; [......;] i.e. on the 14th day [(the moon) will be seen with the sun]. (r 1) Jupiter [becomes visible in the east and stands] in the sky all year. (r 3) Now until Tammuz (IV) [...] additional days in [...]…

SAA 08 168. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo on Full Moon Day (RMA 099) [planetary, lunar]

(1) 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 for the length of a month]; the step [of the enemy] will be set [towards] his [land]; the enemy will march around [victoriously in his land]. (6) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and the sun stands in the halo of the moon: they will speak the truth in all lands; the son will speak the truth with his father; universal peace. (10) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and Mars stands in it: loss of cattle in all lands; the date plantation…

SAA 08 169. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo (RMA 102) [planetary]

(1) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo and Mars [stands] in it: [there will be] loss of cattle in all lands; the date plantation will not prosper; variant: the Westland will diminish. (5) If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: in all lands (people) will speak the truth; the son will sp[eak] the truth with his father. (8) If two stars st[and] in the halo of the moon: reigns of lon[g] days. (r 1) From Bamaya.

SAA 08 170. Morning First of Jupiter (RMA 185) [planetary]

(1) [If Jupiter] becomes steady in the morning: enemy [kings] will make peace. (3) [If Jupiter in] Sivan (III) approaches and stands where the sun shines forth, (if) it is [br]ight and its features are red, its [ri]sing is as perfect as the rising of the sun: angry [go]ds will be reconciled with Akkad; there will be copious rains (and) regular floods in Akkad; barley and sesame will increase, and the equivalent of (only) 1 litre will (have to) be paid for 1 kor; [the gods] in the sky will stand in their (appropriate) positions; their [shr]ines will see wealth. (r 1) [If A]uriga carries…

SAA 08 172. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 127) [lunar]

(1) If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, (and) one horn meets the other: there will be truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father; universal peace. (4) If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; happiness; 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 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 will make his throne last long. (r 4) If the…

SAA 08 173. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 161) [lunar]

(1) If on the 15th day the moon and sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gate. (5) If the moon becomes late at an inappropriate time and does not become visible: attack of a ruling city. (7) If the moon is hasty in its movement: business will diminish. (9) If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. (r 1) From Bamaya.

SAA 08 174. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 156) [lunar]

(1) If on the 15th day the moon and sun [are seen] together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the gate of my city. (4) If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves. (r 1) Sivan (III) means the Westland; the 15th day means the Westland. (r 3) From [B]amaya.

SAA 08 175. Evening First of Venus before Cancer (RMA 207) [planetary]

(1) Venus became visible in the west in the path of the Enlil stars. This is its interpretation: (3) If Venus becomes visible in Sivan (III): fall of the enemy. (4) If Venus becomes visible in the path of the Enlil stars: the king of Akkad will have no rival. (6) Until the 5th or 6th day she will reach Cancer. This is its interpretation: (r 1) [If] the Goat star comes close to Cancer: there will be reconciliation and peace in the land; the gods will have mercy on the land; empty storage bins will become full; the harvest of the land will prosper; there will be recoveries from illness in the…

SAA 08 176. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 080) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible in Tebet (X) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour Subartu; a foreigner will rule the Westland. (r 1) From Šumaya.

SAA 08 177. Full Moon on 16th Day (RMA 169) [lunar]

(1) [If the m]oon in Tammuz (IV) is seen with the sun neither on the 14th nor on the 15th day: the king will be shut up in his palace. (4) If on the 16th day the moon and sun are seen toget[her]: one king will send hostile messages to another; the king will be shut up in [his palace for] a month's length; [the step of the en]emy will be s[et] towards his land; [the enemy will march] around victoriously in his land. (r 3) The moon was seen on the 16th day, that is bad for Akkad, but good for Subartu. (r 5) From Šumaya.

SAA 08 178. Cancer in Lunar Halo (RMA 111) [planetary]

(1) [The moon] was surrounded by a halo, Cancer [sto]od in it. This is its interpretation: (3) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo and Cancer stands in it: the king of Akkad will extend the life. (5) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo and the north wind blows: the gods will raise [..., and] the gods will provide good fortune for the land. (8) [If the moon] is surrounded by [a halo] and it lingers on: givi[ng of the re]ign to [the king]. (r 1) [If] there is fog [in the land]: plenty [for the people]. (r 2) [If] there is continually fog [in] the land: the dynasty of the land will rule the w…

SAA 08 179. (no title) (RMA 274D) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [......] ... [...] (r 2) east wind [......]. (r 3) Well-being to [......]. (r 4) The eclipse which [......] (r 5) of Subartu [......] rain and flood [...]. (r 6) From Šumaya.

SAA 08 180. Saturn in Leo (RMA 246D) [planetary]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] heat [......] ... [......]. (r 3) If Leo is black: [the land will not become] happy. (r 4) The black star is [Saturn]. (r 5) From Šumaya.

SAA 08 181. Mars, Saturn and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 100) [planetary]

(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Sa[turn] stands in it: there [will b]e truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father; universal peace. (5) If ditto Regulus stands in it: women will give birth to male children. (7) [If ditt]o Mars stands in it: fall of cattle in all lands; the plantation of dates and sesame will not prosper, variant: the Westland will diminish. (r 5) From Urad-Ea.

SAA 08 182. Thunder in Ab (RMA 256C) [weather]

(1) If in Ab (V) Adad th[unders: there will be] famine in the [land]. (3) If in Ab (V) Adad [thunders], the day becomes cloudy, it rains, lightning flashes: water will decrease at the source. (r 1) From Urad-[Ea].

SAA 08 183. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 072) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible in Ab (V) on the [30]th day: dispersal of Akkad. (3) If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: there will be frost, variant: rumor of the enemy. (6) [From] Urad-Ea.

SAA 08 184. Morning First of Jupiter (RMA 196A) [planetary]

(1) [If ......: ......] the harvest of the land will prosper. (3) [If Jupiter] becomes visible in Tishri (VII): [enemy kings] will receive peace. (5) [If Jupiter] becomes steady in the morning: [enemy kings] will make peace. (7) [— "Morning"] means "to be bright," it carries [rad]iance.

SAA 08 185. Venus Sighted in Sagittarius (RMA 211F) [planetary]

(1) [If Venus rises in Kislev: fam]ine of barley and straw [will] be [in the land]. (3) [If (the stars) Šarur and Šargaz in the st]ing of Scorpius [gain radiance: the weapons] of Akkad are raised. (5) [The sting of Scorpius is the great lord Pabi]lsag. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 08 186. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136B) [lunar]

(1) If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (3) — On the 14th day it will be seen with the sun. (4) If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will reme[mber] Akkad favorab[ly]; the cattle of Akkad will lie [in the steppe undisturbed]. (r 1) [...] on the 14th day [the moon and] sun were seen to[gether]; its interpretation is like t[his]: (r 5) If the moon and [sun are] in balance: reliable spee[ch] will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the universe will make the thro…

SAA 08 187. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 040) [lunar]

(1) [If] the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reli[able spe]ech; the land will become happy. (3) [If the day] of disappearance of the moon reaches its normal [leng]th: the days of the ruler will be long.

SAA 08 188. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 042) [lunar]

(1) [If the moon at] its appearance [wears a crown: the king of the land will reach] the highest rank; the land wil[l dwell] as if in pastures near the city. (4) It means that (the moon) will complete the day in Tishri (VII). (5) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: speech will become reliable; the land will become happy. (7) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: good for Akkad, bad for Elam [and] the Westland. (r 1) If the moon at its appearance [......]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 08 189. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 009) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) Of Nisan (I) (and) Tishri (VII). (4) If (the moon) wears a crown: regularly the harvest of the land will prosper; the king will reach the highest rank.

SAA 08 190. Mercury at New Moon (RMA 036A) [planetary]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [he will rule the land wherever he] turns. (2) "To be pointed" means to be [adorned, said of horns]. (3) If [... originates] in the lower part of the appearing [moon ...] the reign of the king will [be stable ...] much business [......]. (6) Mercury [is seen at the appearance of the moon]. (r 1) If the moon at its appearance [......]. (r 2) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day [......]. (r 3) [If on the] day of disappearance [......]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 08 191. New Moon on 30th Day [lunar]

(1) [If the moon] becomes visible [in Iyyar (II)] on the 30th day: [the Westlander will] defeat Subartu [in battle]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 08 192. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 081A) [lunar]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [If ......] becomes visible: [......] ... (3) [If the moon] becomes visible [in Sivan (III)] on the 30th day: [the Ahlamû] will devour [the wealth of the West]land. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 08 193. New Moon on 30th Day [lunar]

(1) If (the moon) becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal [of Akkad]. (3) If in Ab (V) [......] atta[ck ......].