SAA 08 251. Predicting an Eclipse of the Moon in Elul (RMA 030) [eclipses][via saao/saa08]


Obverse
o 1o 1	1 30 UD 01-KÁM IGI-ir KA GI.NA	(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech, the land will become happy.
o 22	ŠÀ KUR DÙG.GA

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	LUGAL a-šá-ri-du-ti il-lak

o 55	1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú SI ZAG-šú GÍD.DA-ma	(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	SI KAB-šú ik-ru
o 77	LUGAL KUR la šu-a-tum ŠU-su i-kaš-šad

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	AN.MI GAR-an

Reverse
r 1r 1	1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú ma-gal ib-ta-il	(r 1) If the moon at its appearance becomes very bright: the harvest of the land will prosper.
r 22	BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SÁ

r 33	UD-mu a-na mi-na-ti-šú GÍD.DA	(r 3) The day reached its normal length: a reign of long days. — (The moon) will complete the 30th day.
r 44	BALA-e UD-MEŠ GÍD.DA-MEŠ
r 55	UD 30-KÁM ú-šal-lam-ma

r 66	1 ina ITI.KIN AN.MI NIM.MA.KI	(r 6) In Elul (VI) the moon will make an eclipse (concerning) Elam.
r 77	^d30 GAR-an

r 88	šá ^m^dU.GUR—⸢KAR⸣-ir	(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/.