Enuma Anu En-lil
, tablet 5 (?) ["adduced the beginning of the fifth tablet of the series Enuma Anu Enlil from the co-called Uruk catalogue" (p. 167, n. 1-4.b)]
[KUB 8.6 & 29.11 (H.ittite); Msk 731041 (Sumero-Akkadian, from Meskene/Emar)] lunar omens
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p. |
line |
protasis : "the moon __" |
apodosis |
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165 |
1 |
..., with right horn blunt, left horn pointed |
they will capture the land (the enemy will seize the land) |
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2 |
..., with left horn pointed, right horn blunt |
thou in land of enemy like a door-bolt |
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3 |
yellow, with right horn blunt, left horn pointed |
for 2 years will see the spring |
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4 |
yellow, with left horn pointed, right horn blunt |
for 2 years will see the spring |
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166 |
5 |
right horn toward sky |
abundant harvest |
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6 |
right horn toward earth |
harvest will diminish |
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7 |
left horn toward sky |
recovery will occur |
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8 |
left horn toward earth |
pestilence will occur |
|
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9 |
horn toward south |
downfall of Akkad |
|
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10 |
horn toward north |
Akkad will destroy enemy |
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11 |
horn toward [east] |
someone will kill ... |
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12 |
horn toward [west] |
fire will occur |
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13 |
(?) |
angry [gods will return to the land] |
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|
167 |
59 |
halo is divided into sections toward sunrise |
rise of the west wind |
v
ocabulary|
English |
Sumero-Akkadian |
H.ittite |
|
if |
BE |
ta’k-ku |
|
moon |
EN.ZU-as |
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|
horn |
SI |
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|
right |
ZAG-s^u’ |
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|
left |
GU`B-s^u’ |
pp. 161-173 Hans G. Gu:terbock : "Bilingual Moon Omens from Bog^azko:y". [bilingual in H.ittite & Akkadian]
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Enuma Anu En-lil
[tablet # unknown; by "scribe of Enuma Anu Enlil" (p. 327)]
p. 325 [TCL 6.13.ii (Sumero-Akkadian)] natures of planets
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line |
planet |
its appearance |
its prognostic |
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1 |
Jupiter |
favorable |
wealth & long days |
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Venus |
calm |
good fortune & long days |
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2 |
Mercury |
heroic, lordly |
great strength |
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Mars |
ambiguous |
swift to anger |
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|
3 |
Saturn |
dark, disturbed |
sick & constrained |
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4 |
moon |
bright, good |
true & long |
|
eclipsed moon |
dark, distured, not bright |
no true omen |
|
|
eclipsed sun |
divided, confused |
longevity |
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5-6 |
[ZA 77 (1987)] |
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7 |
" " |
||
|
15-16 |
Jupiter |
very bright |
enemy will attack but take no booty |
|
17 |
Mars |
stationary in Scorpius |
attack of the Sutaeans |
|
20 |
Jupiter |
dim |
booty will be taken |
pp. 323 & 326 various conventional sequences of the planets
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p. |
source |
sequence |
|
323 |
Seleukid Babulonia |
Jup., Ven., Mer., Sat., Mars |
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Hellenic |
Sat., Jup., Mars, Ven., Mer. |
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326 |
TCL 13.6 |
Jup., Ven., Mer., Mars, Sat. |
|
BM 33382 (= LBAT *1459) |
Jup., Ven., Sat., Mer., Mars |
pp. 323-328 R. Rochberg-Halton : "Benefic and Malefic Planets in Babylonian Astrology".
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