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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 410. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 151A) [lunar]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [reliable speech]; the land will become happy; the g[ods will remember] Akkad favorably; the king will reach complete dominion; the cattle of Akkad [will lie in the steppe] undisturbed. (5) If at the moon's appearance one horn m[eets] the other: the flood will come. (7) Earlier, I wrote to the king my lord as follows: "On the 14th day one god will be seen with the other." (r 1) If the moon reaches the sun and [follows it closely]: there will be truth in the land; [the son] will speak [the truth with his father. — On the 14th day one god] is seen [with the other]. (r…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 411. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 142) [lunar]

(1) [If on the 14th day the moon and sun] are seen together: [reliable speech]; the land will become happy: [the gods] will remember [Akkad] favorably; the king will reach [the highest rank]; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (6) If at the moon's appearance one horn meets the other: the flood will come. — On the 14th day their lights looked at each other. (r 2) If the moon is slow in its course: the har[vest of the land will prosper]. (r 3) If the moon at its appearance stands, makes ... [..., and], its [dwe]lling place is devastated: there will be [reconciliation and] pe…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 412. Mars and Aries in Lunar Halo (RMA 101) [planetary]

(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Mars stands in it: in all lands cultivated fields and dates will not prosper; variant: the Westland will diminish. (5) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and a planet stands in it: the king's troops will be shut up. (7) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and the Field star, behind which are the Ple[iades], stands in it: the cattle of the land will prosper. (r 2) Mars is a star of the Westland; the Field star behind which are the Pleiades is Aries; Aries is a star of the Westland. (r 5) From Rašil.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 413. Solar Halo (RMA 173) [solar]

(1) If the sun is surrounded by a halo: it will rain; change of weather. (r 1) From Rašil.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 414. Mercury(?) Near Regulus (RMA 277B) [planetary]

(1) If [a planet comes close to Regulus]: the son [of the king who lives at my border will make] a rebellion against [his father but will not seize the throne; some] son [of the king will come out and seize the throne; he will restore] the temples [of the great gods; he will establish] regular offerings for [the gods; he will provide equally] for the temples. (8) If a planet [......]. (9) If Sagi[ttarius ......]: cultivation [......] star [......]. (r 1) If the Raven star [......] (r 2) a planet [......]. (r 3) A sign [......] its evil for [...]. (r 5) A sign from [stars (is valid)] for a mont…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 415. Mars Near Venus (RMA 236B) [planetary]

(1) If Mars stands in [...] to the left of Venus: [there will be] devastation in Akkad; the pen of horses [...]. (r 1) If the Panther becomes visible ... [...]: lamentation of ...[...]. (r 3) — Planets stand in the constellation [...]. (r 5) This evil is for [......] will [...] nobody. (r 7) From Rašil [...].

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 416. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo (RMA 101A) [planetary]

(1) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and [Ma]rs stands in it: [fa]ll of domestic and wild anim[als]. (4) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and the sun stands in it: there will be truth [in the land; the son] will speak the tru[th] with his father. (r 1) — [Satu]rn stands [in the halo of] the moon. (r 3) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and [two] stars s[tand] in the halo with the moon: a [rei]gn of long days. (r 6) [From] Nabû-iqbi [of] Cutha.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 417. Fog in Shebat (RMA 249A) [weather]

(1) If a fog rol[ls] in Shebat (XI): eclipse of the Kassites. (3) From Nabû-iqbi of Cutha.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 418. Conquest of Kush and Egypt (RMA 022) [lunar]

(1) [If] the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: [reli]able [speech]; the land will become happy. (2) If the day reaches [its] normal [length]: a reign of long days. (3) If the moon at its appearance [wears a crown: the kin]g will reach the highest rank. (4) When Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, and Marduk gave Kush and Egypt into the hands of the king [my lord], they plundered them [...] with the troops of the king my lord. [Gold and silver from] their treasury, as much as there was, they brought [into] your royal abode [Ni]neveh [and distributed] booty from them to his servants. (10) In the same way,…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 419. Morning First of Mars (RMA 233) [planetary]

(1) If Mars becomes visible in Elul (VI): the harvest of the land will prosper; the land will become happy. (4) If the red planet [becomes visible]: plenty for the people. (r 1) — Mars at its appearance carries radiance. (r 3) From Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 420. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 010) [lunar]

(1) If the moon [becomes visible] on the 1st day: reliable speech; [the land will become] happy. (3) [If] the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (5) [If the moon] at its appearance wears a crown: [cons]tantly 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. (r 3) From Nabû-iqbi of Cutha.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 421. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 019) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: [a reign] of long days. (5) [......] protective deity has sent a (message of) [well-b]eing to the king my lord. (r 1) May Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, and Marduk grant to the king my lord day after day, month after month, year after year happiness, health, joy and rejoicing, (and) a stable throne forever, for long days and many years! (r 9) From Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 422. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 019A) [lunar]

(1) [If the moon] becomes visible on the 1st day: [reliable speech]; the land will become happy. (3) [If the day] reaches its [norm]al length: [a reign] of long [day]s. (Break) (r 1) May (the gods) grant to the king my lord [day after day, month] after month, [year] after year[ happ]iness, health, joy, rejoicing, (and) a [sta]ble throne forever, for long [day]s and many years!

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 423. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 020) [lunar]

(1) [If the moon] becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (5) If it hails in Shebat (XI): plenty for the people, rising of business. (r 2) Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, and Marduk have granted a stable throne forever, for [long] days, to the king [my lord]. (r 7) [From] Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 424. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 080A) [lunar]

(1) [If the moon] becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû [will devour Subartu]; a for[eigner will rule the Westland]. (Break) (r 1) From Nabû-iqbi of Cutha.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 425. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136M) [lunar]

(1) [If] on the 14th day [the moon and sun are seen together]: reliable speech; the land will become happy; [the gods] will remember [Akkad] favorably; [the cattle of Akkad] will lie in the steppe undisturbed; there will be joy among the people; [the king will become] happy. (6) If the moon reaches the sun and [follows it closely], and one horn meets the other: there will be truth in the land, and the son [will speak] the truth with his father. (r 1) If the moon and sun are in balance: [reliable] speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the foundation of the king's t[hrone will become sta…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 426. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 144E) [lunar]

(1) If on the 14th day the moon and sun [are seen together]: reliable speech; the land will become [happy; the gods] will reme[mber Akkad] favorably; the king will become happy; the catt[le of Akkad will lie] in the steppe undisturbed. (6) If the moon reaches the sun [and follows it closely], and one horn meets the other: [there will be truth in the land], and the son [will speak] the truth with his father. (r 1) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land wi[ll become stable]; reliable speech [will be placed] in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make the throne last [long]. (r…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 427. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136H) [lunar]

(1) [If on the 14th day the moon a]nd sun are seen together: [reliable speech]; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad [favorably]; the cattle of Akkad will lie [in the st]eppe [undisturbed; the harvest-time grass will last until] winter, [......]. (Break) (r 1) [If the moon and sun are in ba]lance: reliable speech will be placed [in the mouth of people]; the foundation of the king's throne will become stable. (r 3) [If the moon and sun are] in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen his [under]standing; there will be truth [in the land]. (r 6) [From] Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 428. Cancer in Lunar Halo (RMA 110) [planetary]

(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Cancer stands in it: the king of Akkad will extend the life; a cloudburst will rain down. (r 1) Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, and Mard[uk] have granted life fo[rev]er, for long days to the king my lord. (r 5) From Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 429. Cancer and Planets in Lunar Halo (RMA 112B) [planetary]

(1) [If the moon] if surrounded by a halo, [and C]ancer stands in it: the [king] of Akkad will extend the life. (4) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and two stars [stand in the halo] with the moon: [a reign] of long days. (7) — Planets stand in the halo [of the moon]. (r 1) [Aššur, Šamaš], and [Marduk] have gra[nted happiness] forever (and) [long] days to the king my lord. (r 4) [From] Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 430. Moon in Scorpius (RMA 213) [lunar]

(1) [If] Scorpius comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: the reign of the king will become long; an enemy will attack, but his fall will take place. (r 1) Aššur, Šamaš, and Marduk have granted to the king my lord a stable throne forever, for long days. (r 6) From Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 431. (no title) (RMA 177) [unclassifiable]

(1) If a sun disk stands above the moon, variant: below the moon: the foundation of the king's throne will become stable. (4) If a sun disk stands in the position of the moon: there will be truth in the land. (r 1) From Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 432. Meteor (RMA 201A) [occasional]

(1) [If a] meteor flashes from the east to the west, and interrupts its train and puts it (again): the main army of the enemy will fall. (r 1) [From] Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 434. Earthquake (RMA 263) [weather]

(1) [If] the earth quakes all day: dispersal of the land. (4) If (the earth) quakes continually: attack of the enemy. (r 1) From Nabû-iqbi of Cutha.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 435. (no title) [unclassifiable]

(1) [If ...] of a city is like pouring of oil: [the god] of the city is at peace with his city. (3) [...] red rain [wil]l fall; [......] is not cloudy. (6) [The god] of the city is very much at peace with the king my lord. The [ki]ng my lord can be very glad. (r 3) From Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 436. (no title) (RMA 277AA) [unclassifiable]

(1) If [......] (2) to star [......] (3) the king of Akkad [......]. (4) From Nabû-iqbi.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 437. Mercury Sighted in Leo (RMA 222) [planetary]

(1) If a planet becomes visible in Elul (VI): rising of the harvest, plenitude of grain. (3) If the stars of Leo ...: the king will be victorious wherever he goes. (6) If Leo is dark: lions and wolves will rage and cut off travel to the Westland. (r 3) From Ṭabiya.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 438. Occultation of Jupiter (RMA 193) [planetary]

(1) If Jupiter ent[ers] the moon: there will be famine in the Westland; the king of Elam will die, variant: a noble will rebel against his lord. (4) If the moon covers Jupiter: the king will capture enemy kings. (6) [If] on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favor[ably]; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the ste[ppe] undisturbed; the harvest-time grass will last until winter, the winter grass until harvest time; [j]oy among the troops; the king will become happy. (r 5) [If] the moon and sun are in…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 439. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 012) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: [reliable] speech; the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (5) 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. (r 1) From Ṭabiya.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 440. New Moon on 30th Day [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible in Iyyar (II) on the 30th day: the Subarean will kill the [Wes]tland in battle. (4) 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 [ki]ng will reach the highest rank. (r 2) From Ṭabiya.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 441. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 071) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal of Akkad. (3) If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: frost; there will be rumor of an enemy. (r 1) From Ṭabiya.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 442. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 073) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal of Akkad. (3) May the king of the world, my lord, not abandon me! Every day I approach the king because of my hunger, and now he assigned me to (making) bricks, saying: "Make bricks!" May the king my lord not abandon me so that I do not (have to) die! (r 7) From Ṭabiya.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 443. Occultation of Pleiades (RMA 243A) [planetary]

(1) [If] the Pleiades enter the moon and come out to the north: Akkad will become happy; the king of Akkad will become strong and have no rival. (6) From Ṭabiya.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 444. Thunder in Tišri (RMA 260) [weather]

(1) If Adad thunders in Tishri (VII): there will be hostility in the land. (3) If it rains in Tishri (VII): fall of sick people and cattle, variant: fall of the enemy. (r 1) From Ṭabiya.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 445. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 015) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (5) If in Tammuz (IV) on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: (......). (r 1) To the king my lord, your servant Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk, son of Bel-[up]ahhi[r]. May Bel and Nabû decree well-being, happiness, health, length of days, long duration of reign and stability of the foundation of the throne [of] the king my lord forever!

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 446. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 011A) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: [reliable speech]; the land will become [happy]. (3) 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. (7) If the day [reaches its] normal length: a reign of [long] days; the years of the king [will be many]. (r 3) From Ṭab-[ṣilli-Marduk].

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 447. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse (RMA 052) [eclipses]

(1) [In Iy]yar (II) (the moon) will complete the day; [on the 14th] day the moon and sun will be seen together. The 13th [day], the night of the 14th day, is the [da]y of the watch (to be held), and there will be no eclipse. (r 1) I guarantee it seven times, an eclipse will not take place. I have written a definitive word to the king. (r 5) From Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk, nephew of Bel-naṣir.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 448. Jupiter Near Venus (RMA 194) [planetary]

(1) If Jupiter passes to the right of Venus: a strong one will conquer the land of the Guti in battle. (4) If Jupiter ... to the right of Venus [and] stands there: for three years ... [......]. (Break) (r 1) From Ṭab-ṣilli-[Marduk], son of Bel-upahhir.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 449. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 013) [lunar]

(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (2) If the moon at its appearance [wears a] cr[own: regular]ly the harvest of the land will prosp[er; the land will live as if in pastures near the city]; the king [will reach] the highest r[ank]. (5) From Ahhešâ of [Uruk].

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 450. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 125) [lunar]

(1) If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech, the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably. (5) From Ahhešâ of Uruk.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 452. Mars in Cancer (RMA 236A) [planetary]

(1) If Canc[er comes close to the Plough star]: the plough of the land [will be hung on a peg, there will be] inundation of the land. [......] on the ground; dispersal of Elam and ... [...]. (6) If a strange star [comes close] to Can[cer]: the ruler will die. (r 1) If Mars [comes close] to [Cancer]: the city ... [......]. (r 3) From Ahhešâ of Uruk.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 453. Fog and Rainbow (RMA 252) [weather]

(1) If a fog rolls in in Adar (XII): the land will go to ruin. (3) [If] a rainbow stretches from the zenith to the horizon: Adad will not devastate. (5) If a rainbow stretches over a city: the city, the king, and his nobles are safe. (r 1) From Ahhešâ of Uruk.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 454. Mercury Sighted in Pleiades (RMA 218) [planetary]

(1) If a planet becomes visible in Iyyar (II): the flood will come and irrigate the fields. (3) If the star of Marduk reaches the Pleiades: Adad will devastate. (r 1) On the 14th day the moon and sun will not be seen together, on the 15th day one god will be seen with the other: the king of Subartu will have no rival. I have heard (that) [from the mou]th of my father. (r 7) [From] Bel-ahhe-eriba.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 455. Occultation of Pleiades (RMA 241) [planetary]

(1) If the Pleiades come close to the top of the moon and stand there: the king will exercise world dominion, his land will expand. (4) If at the appearance of the moon the Pleiades stand at its side: the king will exercise world dominion; his land will submit to him. (7) If the Pleiades [enter the moon] and come o[ut] to the north: Akkad will become happy; the king of Akkad will become strong and have no rival. (r 5) From Bel-ahhe-eriba, son of Lâbaši-ilu.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 456. Comet and Evening Last of Jupiter (RMA 183) [planetary]

(1) If a comet becomes visible in the path of the stars of Anu: there will be a fall of Elam in battle. (3) If the sun rises in a cloudbank: 32 will become furious and raise his weapons. 32 means "king." (5) — Jupiter stood there one month over its period. (6) (If) Jupiter passes to the west: the land will dwell in quiet. (8) — Jupiter stood there one month over its period. (r 1) Marchesvan (VIII) is the month of the king my lord. (r 2) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (r 3) If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. (r…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 457. New Moon on 29th Day (RMA 024) [lunar]

(1) [If the moon] becomes visible on the 29]th day: Adad will devastate. (2) [......] ... (3) [......] ... on the 29th the moon [beca]me visible. (4) [If the day is short compared to its normal leng]th: a reign of short days; [...] there will be unreliable speech, [bad] ways in the land. (7) [From the ... day] until the 30th day, until the month [......] the month of Elam. (9) [From Bel-le'i], descendant of Egibi, exorcist.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 458. Full Moon on 13th Day (RMA 083) [lunar]

(1) If the moon moves str[aight] in its proceeding: Enlil will ... to the land and will not be appeased. (4) — On the 13th day (the moon) was seen with the sun. (r 1) From Bel-le'i, descendant of Egibi, exorcist.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 459. Full Moon on 14th Day, Planet Sighted in Taurus [planetary, lunar]

(1) [If on the 14th day the moon] is seen together with the sun: reliable speech; the land will become happy; [the cattle of Akkad] will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (3) [If at the moon's appearance one horn] meets the other: the flood will come. — On the 14th day (the moon) was seen together with the sun. (4) [If ...] comes close to Taurus: the people of the land will not speak the truth; [......] ... will seize the land [......] will come; [......] will [...] in the king's palace; in the beginning of the year ... [......] year there will be drought in the land ...... (8) — [......]…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 460. Cancer in Lunar Halo (RMA 115F) [planetary]

(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, [and Cancer] stands in it: the king [of Akkad will extend the life]. (3) ... [......]. (Break) (r 1) Let [the king] my lord [......] let them give [......] a farmer [......] killed my brother [......] which the king my lord [......]. (r 6) From Bel-le'i, descendant of [Egibi].

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 461. Venus in Taurus (RMA 243) [planetary]

(1) The Pleiades portends a boiling day; "boiling day" (means) [...]. — Venus sta[nds] in the Pleiades. (3) [If] Ištar wears a silver crown: a fl[ood] of dragonflies wi[ll come]. [A "flood] of dragonflies" is a mass[ive] flood. (5) — Venus stands in Taurus(!). (6) [...] massive rains wi[ll come] for the king my lord. (7) They should perform [th]at rainmaking [ritual] of Adad, and [they should also] perform all the 'hand-lifting' pr[ayers] that exist with [the ritual]. (r 1) "Seek the gate of Adad, bring upuntu-flour in front of him, let maṣhatu-flour come to him as an offering; may he rain dow…

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