SAA 08 243. Snake Omens (CT 40 021) [terrestrial][via saao/saa08]


Obverse
o 1o 1	1 MUŠ ina É—DINGIR IGI É—DINGIR ⸢BI⸣	(1) If a snake is seen in a temple: the offerings of that temple will continue for a long time.
o 22	zi-ir-qú-šú uš-ta-bar-ru-ú
o 33	1 MUŠ ina É—DINGIR up-ta-nar-rad	(3) If a snake keeps scaring (people) in a temple: angry gods will return to the country.
o 44	DINGIR-MEŠ šab-su-ti ana KUR GUR-MEŠ-ni
o 55	1 MUŠ ina É—^dINNIN IGI-ir	(5) If a snake is seen in the temple of Ištar: there will be a food-offering of Ištar.
o 66	PAD.^dINNIN ^dINNIN GÁL-⸢ši⸣
Reverse
r 1r 1	1 MUŠ ina É—^d⸢INNIN⸣ [x x x x]	(r 1) If a snake [...] in the temple of Ištar: that temple [...].
r 22	É—DINGIR BI ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]

r 33	an-nu-ti MU-MEŠ šá ina UGU-ḫi	(r 3) These are the pertinent omens.
r 44	qur-bu-u-ni

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/P336152/.