SAA 08 045. Mars Stationary in Leo (RMA 237) [planetary][via saao/saa08]


Obverse
o 1o 1	1 MUL.UR.BAR.RA MUL.UR.MAḪ [KUR-ud x x x]	(1) If the Wolf star [reaches] the Lion star: far-off days [......] for the land.
o 22	UD-me / ru-qu-ú-ti / ⸢šu⸣-[x x x]
o 33	a-na ma-a-ti [x x x x]

o 44	MUL.UR.BAR.RA MUL.[ṣal-bat-a-nu]	(4) The Wolf star is [Mars]; the Lion star is [Leo]; — Mars [stands in Leo].
o 55	MUL.UR.MAḪ MUL.[UR.GU.LA]
o 66	MUL.ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠÀ ⸢MUL⸣.[UR.GU.LA GUB-ma]

o 7o 7	1 MUL / SUR-ma ina ŠÀ ⸢MUL⸣.[x x x]	(7) If a star flares up and enters [...]: there wil[l be] a revolt.
	ka-ak-ka-bu iṣ-ru-ur-ma ⸢mu⸣-[ul x x x]

o 8o 8	TU-ub ḪI.GAR ⸢GÁL⸣-[ši]
	e-ru-ub ba-ar-tú ib-⸢ba⸣-[áš-ši]


Reverse
rr	blank
r 11	šá ^m^dPA—PAB-MEŠ—SU	(r 1) From Nabû-ahhe-eriba.

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/P336535/.