SAA 08 114. Morning First of Mars Near Jupiter(?) (RMA 232) [planetary][via saao/saa08]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) [Ma]rs became visible in Tammuz (IV) (and) is faint. | |
o 22 | (2) [If Mars] becomes visible in Tammuz (IV): the cemetery of the warriors will enlarge. | |
o 33 | (3) [Mars] is said to (portend) death. | |
o 44 | (4) [If Ma]rs stands in the east: attack of Subartu and the Kassites against the land. | |
o 55 | ||
o 66 | (6) [If] Mars rises scintillating and its radiance is yellow: the king of Elam will die. | |
o 77 | ||
o 88 | (8) If Nergal in his appearance is very small and white, and scintillates very much like the fixed stars: he will have mercy on Akkad; the force of my troops will go and defeat the enemy troops, it will conquer the land for which it strives; the enemy troops will not (be able to) stand in the face of my troops; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed; sesame (and) dates will prosper. | |
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | ||
o 1111 | ||
o 1212 | ||
o 1313 | ||
o 1414 | ||
o 1515 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | (r 1) If a planet comes near the Anzu star: horses will die. | |
r 22 | (r 2) It did not come near, it is not approaching. | |
r 33 | (r 3) If Mars becomes faint, it is good; if it becomes bright, misfortune. | |
r 44 | (r 4) If Mars goes behind Šulpa'e: this year is good. | |
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r 55 | (r 5) From Bulluṭu. |
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/P336526/.