SAA 10 056. The Meaning of an Earthquake (ABL 0355) [from astrologers][via saao/saa10]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL EN-ia	(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Balasî. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^mba-la-si-i
o 33	lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL
o 44	EN-ia ^dPA ^dAMAR.UTU
o 55	a-na LUGAL EN-ia
o 66	lik-ru-bu ina UGU pi-iš-ri	(6) Concerning the interpretation of the omen about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "(It is said that) the king will be vilified amongst his magnates — what losses will ensue?" —
o 77	ša šu-me ša LUGAL be-lí
o 88	iš-pur-an-ni ma-a LUGAL
o 99	it-ti kab^*-tu-ti-šú
o 1010	i-qal-lil mì-i-nu
o 1111	ma-a mu-ṭe-e
o 1212	iš-šak-ku-nu
o 1313	pi-iš-ra-a-te	(13) interpretations of monthly omens are like this: one is never similar to another, their interpretations go separately.
o 1414	šá šu-me ša ITI-MEŠ
o 1515	ki-i ḫa-an-ni-i-e
o 1616	01-en a-na šá-ni-e
Bottom
b.e. 17b.e. 17	la mu-šu-ul
b.e. 1818	ina bat-ta-ta-a.a
Reverse
r 1r 1	pi-iš-ra-te-šú-nu
r 22	il-<lu>-ku ú-ma-a šu-u	(r 2) Now this one: if he will be slighted, its explanation can only be the earthquake. It has quaked: that is bad. They should perform the ritual against the earthquake, your gods will (then) make (the evil) pass by. "Ea has done, Ea has undone." He who caused the earthquake has also created the apotropaic ritual against it.
r 33	šum-ma i-qal-lil
r 44	pi-še-er-šú ri-i-bu šu-u
r 55	ú-de-šú ir-tu-ab
r 66	lum^*-nu šu-u dul-lu
r 77	šá ri-i-bi le-pu-šú
r 88	DINGIR-MEŠ-ka ú-še-tu-qu
r 99	e-pu-uš ^dÉ.A ip-šur
r 1010	^dÉ.A ša ri-i-bu
r 1111	i-pu-šu-u-ni šu-tu-ma
r 1212	NAM.BÚR.BI e-ta-pa-áš
r 1313	ina ŠÀ AD-MEŠ-šu AD—AD-MEŠ-šu	(r 13) Was there no earthquake in the times of the king's fathers and grandfathers? Did I not see earthquakes when I was small? The god has (only) wanted to open the king's ears: "He should pray (literally 'open his fists') to the god, perform the apotropaic ritual and be on his guard."
r 1414	šá LUGAL ri-i-bu-u
r 1515	la-áš-šú a-na-ku
r 1616	ki-i qa-al-la-ku-ni
Right
r.e. 17r.e. 17	ri-i-ba-né-e
r.e. 1818	la a-mur DINGIR šu-u
r.e. 1919	uz-ni šá LUGAL
r.e. 2020	up-ta-at-ti
Edge
e. 1e. 1	ma-a up-ni-šú a-na DINGIR lip-ti ma-a
e. 22	NAM.BÚR.BI le-pu-uš ma-a lu e-ti-ik

Adapted from Simo Parpola, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (State Archives of Assyria, 10), 1993. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016, 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/P334231/.