SAA 08 231. Hemerology (ABL 1405) [calendrical][via saao/saa08]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	[e-ma i]-⸢qab⸣-bu-u	(1) [whatever he sa]ys, is en[tirely] favorable.
o 2'2'	⸢ka^*⸣-[liš] ma-gi-ir	(1) [whatever he sa]ys, is en[tirely] favorable.
o 3'3'	02 TU.MUŠEN-MEŠ NITA u MÍ	(3) You convict two doves, male and female, before Šamaš, (saying):
o 4'4'	ina IGI ^dUTU ⸢ta^⸣-da^-an-ši-na-tú
o 5'5'	^dUTU DI.KUD ⸢ša⸣ [AN-e] u KI.TIM	(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'	at-⸢ta^*⸣-ma
o 7'7'	rit-⸢ta⸣ [dan]-⸢na⸣-ta
o 8'8'	⸢ša DINGIR⸣ [(u ^d15) LUGAL IDIM u NUN šup]-⸢ṭi⸣-ra
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	ki-ma DINGIR ⸢ni-iz-mat ŠA-šú⸣ [KUR-ád]	(r 1) [He will obtain] hi[s] desire like a god. Let him enter an inn: he will prolong (his) life.
r 2'2'	a-na É LÚ.TIN.NA TU TI.LA ut-tar
r 3'3'	NINDA ZÍZ.ÀM KÚ KAŠ ZÍZ.ÀM NAG	(r 3) He may eat emmer bread, he may drink emmer beer;
r 4'4'	UZU GUD UDU MUŠEN KÚ	(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'	SUM.SAR GA.RAŠ.SAR KU₆ NU KÚ
r 6'6'	ar-ka ŠÀ DÙG.GA li-ir-ku-us
r 7'7'	a-na MÍ la i-qer-ri-ib	(r 7) He may not approach a woman; he should sleep in a secluded place.
r 8'8'	ina É pár-si a-šar GÌR.2 par-sa-at
r 9'9'	li-⸢na⸣-al
r 10'10'	DINGIR-MEŠ DÙ.[A].⸢BI⸣ [x x]	(r 10) All the gods [......]
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed)

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/.