SAA 08 502. Planetary Omens, Prediction of Eclipses (RMA 272) [eclipses][via saao/saa08]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) If in Marchesvan (VIII) Adad thunders, the day [becomes cloudy, it rains], a rainbow stretches, lightning [flashes: a famous important person will fall]. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | (3) The lord of kings must not say as follows: "[When a sign] came, [why] did you not write?" — | |
o 44 | ||
o 55 | a-na LÚ.SAG-MEŠ ki-i ad-di-nu ⸢ul⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ḫa x in-ni | (5) [I wrote a report], but when I gave it to the eunuchs, they did not [...] me. |
o 66 | LÚ kab-tu e-du-ú šá iq-bu-ú ⸢ul⸣ [x x x x x] a-na UGU-ḫi mam-ma šá-nam-ma x | (6) "A famous important person," as it says, [does] not [apply to them; it] ... against someone else. |
o 77 | 1 dŠÁR.UR₄ u dŠÁR.GAZ šá MUL.zi-qit MUL.GÍR.TAB it-tan-na-an-bi-ṭu | (7) If (the stars) Šarur and Šargaz of the sting of Scorpius gain radiance: the weapons of Akkad will attack. The sting of Scorpius is the great lord Pabilsag. |
o 88 | ||
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | (10) — Venus stands in Sagittarius. | |
o 1111 | 1 dU.GUR ina ŠÀ MUL.GÍR.TAB GUB-iz LÚ.KÚR dan-nu KUR ÍL-ši dEN.LÍL GIŠ.TUKUL-MEŠ-šú | (11) If Nergal stands in Scorpius: a strong enemy will carry off the land; Enlil will give his weapons to the enemy; few enemy troops will defeat my numerous troops. |
o 12o 12 | ||
ma-at-tu | ||
o 1313 | 1 MUL.GÍR.TAB a-dir LUGAL-MEŠ šá KUR DÙ.A.BI MÍ.KÚR GAR-MEŠ KI.MIN LUGAL-MEŠ šá KUR DÙ.A.BI iš-tan-na-an-na? | (13) If Scorpius is dark: the kings of all lands will engage in hostilities, variant: the kings of all lands will rival with each other. |
o 1414 | 1 MUL.GÍR.TAB i-da-tu-šá uk-ku-la UN-MEŠ i-lam-mi-na dṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-ma | (14) If the sides of Scorpius are very dark: people will become bad. — Mars stands in it. |
o 1515 | [1] MUL.zi-ba-ni-tum a-dir MU 03-KÁM BURU₅-ḪI.A ZI-ma BURU₁₄ KUR KÚ KI.MIN BURU₅-ḪI.A KUR KÚ | (15) [If] Libra is dark: for three years locusts will attack and devour the harvest of the land, variant: locusts will devour the land; the land will have to eat a reduced harvest; three years ... |
o 1616 | ||
o 1717 | MUL.ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ MUL.GÍR.TAB GUB-ma an-nu-ú pi-ši-ir-šú | (17) — Mars stands in Scorpius; this is its interpretation: |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | 1 MUL.APIN ana MUL.GÍR.TAB TE NUN ina zi-qit MUL.GÍR.TAB ÚŠ KI.MIN ina É.GAL-šú | (r 1) If the Plough star comes close to Scorpius: the ruler will die from a sting of a scorpion, variant: he will be seized in his palace; [after him], his [son] will not take the throne; the mind of the land will change, the land will get another lord and the dwelling of the land will not become stable; lamentation of the great gods for the land. — Mars stands in Scorpius. |
r 22 | DIB-bat [EGIR-šú DUMU]-šú AŠ.TE NU DIB-bat UMUŠ KUR MÌN-ni KUR? EN MÌN-ma TUK-ši KI.TUŠ KUR NU GI.NA | |
r 33 | I.dUTU DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ana KUR : dṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ MUL.GÍR.TAB? GUB-az?-ma | |
r 44 | 1 MUL.SAG.ME.GAR ik-KUR-am-ma MUL.LUGAL DIB-iq-ma ip-ni-šú EGIR-nu MUL.LUGAL | (r 4) If Jupiter reaches and passes Regulus, and gets ahead of it, (and if) afterwards Regulus, which Jupiter had passed and got ahead of, reaches and passes Jupiter, moving to its setting: there will be rivalry; someone will rise and seize the throne, variant: the land will have worries. |
r 5r 5 | šá MUL.SAG.ME.GAR DIB-šú-ma ip-nu-šú KUR-ma MUL.SAG.ME.GAR DIB-iq-ma ana ri-bi-šú il-lak | |
i-kaš-šá-dam-ma | ||
r 66 | taš-nun-tu GÁL-ma a.a-um ZI-ma AŠ.TE DIB-bat 02-iš KUR ina-an-ziq | |
r 77 | GISKIM-MEŠ ma-la il-li-ka-ni šá KUR—URI.KI ù LÚ.NUN-MEŠ-šú ši-na | (r 7) All the signs which have come concern the land of Akkad and its nobles; any evil in them will not come close to the king my lord. An eclipse of the moon and sun in Sivan (III) will take place. |
r 88 | mim-ma ina ŠÀ lum-ni-ši-na ana LUGAL be-lí-ía ul TE-ḫi AN.MI d30 u dUTU šá ina ITI.SIG₄ GAR-an | |
r 99 | GISKIM-MEŠ an-na-tu šá ḪUL-nu šá KUR—URI.KI ù LUGAL-MEŠ šá KUR—MAR.TU.KI šá KUR—URI.KI | (r 9) These signs are of bad fortune for Akkad, for the kings of the Westland and of Akkad; and now, in this month of Kislev (IX), an eclipse will take place. Kislev (IX) is the month of ..., and Jupiter will stand in its eclipse; well-being for the king my lord. |
r 1010 | ši-na ù a-du-ú ina ITI.GAN a-ga-a AN.MI iš-šak-kan ITI.⸢ŠE?⸣ ITI ki me | |
r 1111 | ù MUL.SAG.ME.GAR ina AN.MI-šá GUB-az ana LUGAL be-lí-ia šul-mu | |
r 1212 | an-nu-ú mim-ma šá mdEN—ú-še-zib a-na LUGAL be-lí-šú i-šap-pa-ru LUGAL li-pu-šú | (r 12) Let the king do this, (and) whatever Bel-ušezib will write to the king his lord, and I guarantee it to the king my lord: |
r 1313 | ù pu-ú-tu LUGAL be-lí-ia na-šá-ku LÚ.NUN-MEŠ ša KUR—URI.KI šá LUGAL a-bu-ka | (r 13) The nobles of Akkad whom the king your father had appointed, destroyed Babylon and carried off the property of Babylon; therefore, these signs came, indicating evil. Let the troops of the king go and seize them in t[heir p]alaces, and let him put others in their stead. If the king does not act quickly, the enemy will come and change them. |
r 1414 | iš-ku-nu TIN.TIR.KI iḫ-te-pu-ú ù bu-še-e šá TIN.TIR.KI it-ta-šú-ú | |
r 1515 | a-na UGU-ḫi GISKIM-MEŠ an-na-tu šá lum-nu il-li-ka-ni e-mu-qa šá LUGAL | |
r 1616 | lil-lik-ma ina É.GAL-⸢la⸣-[ti-šú]-⸢nu⸣ lu?-ṣab-bit-šú-nu-tu ù šá-nu-ti-ma | |
r 1717 | a-na ku-mi-šú-nu liš-kun ki-i LUGAL ḫa-an-ṭiš la i-pu-uš ⸢LÚ.KÚR⸣ | |
r 1818 | il-la-kam-ma ú-šá-an-ni-šú-nu-tu [x x x x] | |
r 1919 | za-ka-ku [o] | (r 19) I am free [......]. |
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/P238776/.