SAA 08 383. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo (RMA 107) [planetary][via saao/saa08]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [two stars stand in the halo with the moon]: a reign of [long] days. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | (3) If the sun [stands] in the halo [of the moon: there will be truth in the land], the son [will speak the truth with his father; universal] peace. | |
o 44 | ||
o 55 | ||
o 66 | (6) — The moon was surrounded by a halo [and Saturn stood in it]. | |
o 77 | (7) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [Mars stands in it]: loss of cattle; in [all lands] cultiva[ted fields] and dates will not prosper; the Westland will diminish. | |
o 88 | ||
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | (r 1) If the moon (is surrounded) by a halo, and the Yoke star stands in it: the king will die, and his land will diminish; the king of Elam will die. | |
r 22 | ||
r 33 | ||
r 44 | (r 4) — The Yoke star means Mars. | |
r 55 | (r 5) Mars is the star of the Westland; evil for the Westland and Elam. Saturn is the star of Akkad. It is good for the king my lord. | |
r 66 | ||
r 77 | ||
r 88 | ||
r 99 | UD 14-KÁM DINGIR KI DINGIR in-[nam-mar] | (r 9) On the 14th day one god will [be seen] with the other; let the king my lord be [happy]. |
r 1010 | ||
r 1111 | (r 11) From Rašil [the older], servant of the king. |
Adapted from Hermann Hunger, Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings (State Archives of Assyria, 8), 1992. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016-17, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P237653/.