SAA 08 283. Regulus Near Moon (RMA 199) [planetary][via saao/saa08]


Obverse
o 1o 1	GISKIM šá a-na LUGAL lem-né-ti a-na KUR dam-qat^*	(1) A sign which is unfavorable for the king is favorable for the land; a sign which is favorable for the land is unfav[orable] for the king.
o 22	GISKIM šá a-na KUR dam-qa-ti a-na LUGAL lem-⸢né⸣-[et]

o 33	i-na mi-ni-i lu-mur LUGAL i-qab-bi-ma	(3) The king will say, "From what shall I see (that)?"

o 44	1 MUL.LUGAL ana IGI 30 TE-ma GUB UD-MEŠ NUN TIL-MEŠ	(4) If Regulus comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: the days of the ruler will come to an end; a confusing word will be solved in the land; for the land, favorable.
o 55	a-mat te-še-e^* ina KUR DU₈-ár ana KUR SIG₅

o 66	1 MUL.LUGAL ana UGU 30 [SI₄]-⸢ma⸣ GUB LUGAL UD-MEŠ ma-aʾ-du-tú DIN-uṭ	(6) If Regulus [comes close] to the top of the moon and stands there: the king will live for many days; the land will not pros[per] [...] bad.
o 77	KUR NU SI.[SÁ x x x x x x x] ḪUL

o 88	[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] na du^?	(8) ...... [......] ...
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
Right
r.e. 1r.e. 1	šá ⸢^m^dU.GUR—KAR⸣-[ir]	(r.e. 1) 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/P238332/.