SAA 08 493. Full Moon on 14th Day, Earthquake (RMA 265A) [lunar, weather][via saao/saa08]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) If on the 14th day the moon and sun are se[en] together: speech of the land will become reliable; the land will become happy; the gods will rememb[er] Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad [will lie] in the st[eppe] undisturbed. | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | ||
| o 44 | ||
| o 55 | ||
| o 66 | (6) If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, (and) one horn [meets the other]: there will be truth in the land, the son [will speak] the truth with his father. | |
| o 77 | ||
| o 88 | ||
| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | (r 1) If the earth [quakes] all d[ay]: dispersal [of the land]. | |
| r 22 | ||
| r 33 | (r 3) If the earth quak[es] in Tammuz (IV): the ruler will be humili[ated] in the land of [his] enemy. | |
| r 44 | ||
| r 55 | ||
| r 66 | (r 6) From Šapiku [of Borsippa]. |
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/P237885/.