SAA 08 331. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 032) [lunar][via saao/saa08]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | [1 30 ina IGI.LAL]-šú AGA a-pir | (1) [If the moon at its appearance] wears a crown: [the harvest of the land] will prosper; the land will dwell as if in pastures near the city; the king will reach the highest rank. |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | ||
o 44 | (4) [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are pointed: the king will strike d[own] the land of his enemy. | |
o 55 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | (r 1) If the moon [becomes visible] in Tammuz (IV) on the 30th day: dispersal of all lands. | |
r 22 | ||
r 33 | (r 3) The king should not make war against evil. | |
r 44 | (r 4) (The moon) wears a crown, is red, and its horns are short: good for the king. | |
r 55 | ||
r 66 | (r 6) [From Aša]redu the older, [servant of] the king. | |
r 77 |
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/P239111/.