SAA 08 039. Saturn Stationery in Cancer (RMA 244C) [planetary][via saao/saa08]
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) If the Scales [stand in a stable position: there will be] reconciliation and pea[ce in the land]. | |
⸢ma*⸣-[za-as-sa ke-e-né] | ||
o 22 | ||
o 33 | (3) The Scales [are (equivalent) to Saturn]. | |
o 4o 4 | KI.GUB.BA-sà GI.NA [x x x x] | (4) Their position is stable [means that Saturn stands] in Cancer. |
ma-za-as-sa ke-e-né | ||
o 55 | ina ŠÀ MUL.AL.LUL [x x x x x] | |
o 66 | (6) If a planet [stands] in the north: attack of Akkad [against the enemy land]. | |
o 7o 7 | ||
⸢te⸣-bu-ut | ||
o 88 | (8) — Saturn stands in [Cancer]. | |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ||
r 22 | (r 2) [If] the moon [does not wait] for the sun [but sets]: raging of lion[s and wolves]. | |
r 33 | ||
r 44 | UD 15-KÁM in-nam-[ma-ru-ma] | (r 4) — On the 15th day they wi[ll be seen]. |
r 55 | (r 5) The sighting of Sat[urn is a good sign] for the king my lord. | |
r 66 | ||
r 77 | (r 7) 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/P336540/.