SAA 08 373. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 041) [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: constantly 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	SAG.UŠ-ma BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SÁ
o 33	KUR a-bur-riš TUŠ-ab
o 44	LUGAL SAG.KAL-tú DU-ak
o 55	1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šú SI 15-šú GÍD-ma	(5) If at the moon's appearance its right horn becomes long, and its left horn short: the king will conquer a land not his own. — The moon will complete the 30th day.
o 66	SI 150-šú ik-ri
o 77	LUGAL KUR la šu-a-ti
Reverse
r 1r 1	ŠU-su KUR-ád
r 22	[30 UD 30]-KÁM ú-šal-lam-⸢ma⸣
r 33	1 UD ana ŠID-ME-šú GÍD.⸢DA⸣	(r 3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days.
r 44	BALA UD-ME GÍD-ME
r 55	1 30 UD 01-KÁM IGI-ma	(r 5) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: good for Akkad, bad for Elam and the Westland.
r 66	SIG₅ KUR—URI.KI
r 77	ḪUL KUR.NIM u MAR
r 88	šá ^m^dAG—MU—GAR-un	(r 8) From Nabû-šuma-iškun.

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/P237886/.