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SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]
1. In the month of Ab (month V), Adad raised his voice: the sky was darkened, the heaven rained down, lightning flashed, / waters were withheld in the spring(s). / 1. When Adad cried out on a cloudless day, / it is the 'daummattu'-omen: ditto. Famine will be in the land. / Regarding the unfavorable body[-omen]: / the king, my lord, should not speak from his heart [about this], / illness — that year is it. / As many of the people as are sick — / all [will have] well-being. / It will turn around, and the king, my lord — / he who fears the gods, / day and night the gods will pray for him / …
Astronomy & MathematicsReligion & MythSAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]
[To the king, our lord,] / [your servants Balasî] / [and Nabû-aḥḥē-erība.] / [May there be well-being] for the king [our lord.] / [May Nabû (and)] Marduk bless the king / our lord. / Concerning the journey to the city [NN] / about which the king our lord / sent word to us: / if the king is at Eanna / in the month of Tishri (month VII), it is propitious / for the journey. / Or else the king may say: / 'No, [I will not …]' / [They] said [(to us):] / 'This month, / the road / is clear; / let it be released (for travel). / The month of arrival — / let the king go! / Let the ground be kissed. / Let sacrifices / be performed.'
Daily LifeReligion & MythAstronomy & MathematicsSAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]
[Nabû and M]arduk [to the king,] my lord, [may they bl]ess. [Concerning] Mars, [about which the king, my lord,] wrote to me — [the king, my lord,] does not know [that as/when ...] ... those [...] [...] [in] the constellation of the Furrow (Virgo) it goes; [the flight of] locusts [...] [...] carries [radi]ance; [... evil of] Subartu; [... th]ese we ward off. [Its namburbi-ritual and] lifted-hand prayers [before Mar]s [...] regularly [we perform.] [As for sin,] there is none. May the heart [of the king, m]y lord [be well ...]
Daily LifeReligion & MythAstronomy & MathematicsSAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]
To the king, our lord: your servants Adad-šuma-uṣur and Marduk-šākin-šumi. May there be well-being for the king, our lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, our lord. Concerning the people about whom the king, our lord, wrote to us — saying: 'Is it not you who have [held] them back?' — those who have already come out to report to us, and the others who have not yet performed [their duties]: let them come out tomorrow and let them perform [them]. The king, our lord, knows which ones have performed [their duties] and which ones have not performed [them]. As for us — what do we know of this? In the protection of the king, may Bel and Nabû guide [them]; may they come out and perform [their work].
Daily LifeReligion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
Ashurbanipal 084
Links a lunar eclipse, divine omens, and the Elamite king's physical affliction — paralyzed lip, diminished eye — to justify Ashurbanipal's campaign: a rare royal text weaving extispicy logic directly into annalistic narrative.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics