SAA 08 231. Hemerology (ABL 1405) [calendrical][via saao/saa08]
Obverse | ||
oo | beginning broken away | |
o 1'1' | (1) [whatever he sa]ys, is en[tirely] favorable. | |
o 2'2' | ||
o 3'3' | 02 TU.MUŠEN-MEŠ NITA u MÍ | (3) You convict two doves, male and female, before Šamaš, (saying): |
o 4'4' | ||
o 5'5' | (5) "Šamaš, you are the judge o[f heaven] and earth. [Uncl]ench for me the [power]ful fist of god, [king, magnate or prince]!" | |
o 6'6' | ||
o 7'7' | ||
o 8'8' | ||
rest broken away | ||
Reverse | ||
rr | beginning broken away | |
r 1'1' | (r 1) [He will obtain] hi[s] desire like a god. Let him enter an inn: he will prolong (his) life. | |
r 2'2' | ||
r 3'3' | (r 3) He may eat emmer bread, he may drink emmer beer; | |
r 4'4' | (r 4) He may eat beef, mutton and fowl; he may not eat garlic, leek or fish; afterwards, he should embrace happiness. | |
r 5'5' | ||
r 6'6' | ||
r 7'7' | (r 7) He may not approach a woman; he should sleep in a secluded place. | |
r 8'8' | ||
r 9'9' | ||
r 10'10' | DINGIR-MEŠ DÙ.[A].⸢BI⸣ [x x] | (r 10) All the gods [......] |
rest broken away |
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/P334886/.