SAA 08 383. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo (RMA 107) [planetary][via saao/saa08]


Obverse
o 1o 1	1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma [02 MUL-MEŠ ina TÙR KI 30 GUB-MEŠ]	(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	BALA UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GÍD.DA-MEŠ]
o 33	1 20 ina TÙR [30 GUB ina KUR kit-tú GÁL]	(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	DUMU it-[ti AD-šú kit-tú i-ta-mi]
o 55	sa-lam [kiš-šá-ti]
o 66	30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma [MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-ma]	(6) — The moon was surrounded by a halo [and Saturn stood in it].
o 77	1 30 TÙR NÍGIN-ma MUL.[ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ-šú GUB]	(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	ZÁḪ bu-lim ina [KUR DÙ.A].BI me-⸢re⸣-[šú]
o 99	u ZÚ.LUM.MA NU SI.SÁ
o 1010	KUR—MAR.TU.KI TUR-[ir]
Reverse
r 1r 1	⸢1⸣ 30 TÙR <NÍGIN-ma> MUL.ŠUDUN ina ŠÀ-šú GUB-iz	(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	LUGAL ÚŠ-ma KUR-su TUR-ir
r 33	LUGAL NIM.MA.KI ÚŠ
r 44	MUL.ŠUDUN MUL.ṣal-bat-a-⸢nu⸣	(r 4) — The Yoke star means Mars.

r 55	MUL.ṣal-bat-a-nu MUL KUR—MAR.TU.⸢KI⸣	(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	ḪUL šá KUR—MAR.TU.KI u NIM.MA.[KI]
r 77	MUL.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ MUL KUR—URI.[KI]
r 88	SIG₅ šá LUGAL be-lí-[ia]

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	ŠÀ-bi LUGAL be-lí-ia lu [ṭa-a-bi]
r 1111	šá ^mTUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD šá ⸢LUGAL⸣ [IGI-u]	(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/.