SAA 08 251. Predicting an Eclipse of the Moon in Elul (RMA 030) [eclipses][via saao/saa08]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech, the land will become happy. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú AGA a-pir | (3) If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank. |
o 44 | ||
o 55 | (5) If at the moon's appearance its right horn becomes long, its left horn short: the king will conquer a land not his own. | |
o 66 | ||
o 77 | ||
o 88 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú ma-gal GAL | (8) If the moon at its appearance is very large: there will be an eclipse. |
o 99 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | (r 1) If the moon at its appearance becomes very bright: the harvest of the land will prosper. | |
r 22 | ||
r 33 | (r 3) The day reached its normal length: a reign of long days. — (The moon) will complete the 30th day. | |
r 44 | ||
r 55 | UD 30-KÁM ú-šal-lam-ma | |
r 66 | (r 6) In Elul (VI) the moon will make an eclipse (concerning) Elam. | |
r 77 | ||
r 88 | (r 8) From Nergal-eṭir. |
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/P237863/.