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OMENS FROM THE MOON S HORNS. XXXVli
point away from one another, there will be an overthrowing of
fortresses and downfall of garrisons. There will be obedience and
= kdrui
goodwill in the land. (GI = taraki . GI
'
= salamu . GI
its horns are kunna.') It is evil for Aharru, but good for the king,
my
lord. From Zakir.
turnika: taraku is to *
rend asunder,' and probably
Ohv. 3.
here is the opposite of jnithara, No. 26, Obv. 6. We find on
K. 7192 a description of the various shapes of the Moon's
horns (Obv. 3/.), 'When the Moon's horns are UR.BI.MP'
(equally dark), UR . BI nam-ra (equally bright), KI . LA .
mit-ha-ra, KI . LA . DAN NU mit-ha-ra, kima GIS . BAN
a bow), kima GIS . MA .
DAN
(like
(TU) (like a boat).'
Obv. 4, 5. patar, arad, infinitives used as nouns. For
aradu in this sense, cf. Deut. xx, 20.
No. 26. When the Moon's horns face equally, there will be a
secure dwelling for the land. When at the Moon's appearance (its
horns) are pointed, the king
land, (or) wherever he presses
the king's servant, the greater.
wherever his face is set will rule the
on will overcome. From Irassi-ilu,
^
Obv. 6. mithara I, 2 of rnaharu = \.o be equal.' Cf.
Aratus {Diosemeia, ed. Prince, p. 41), 'If on the third day the
two horns do not undergo any change, and (the Moon) does
not shine, lying upon her back, but the points of her horns
incline equally . . . .'
Rev. 1. udduda II i, o( idklu = 'to sharpen.'
Rev. 6. vinhrii is used also in this way of Asaridu. The
converse is katnu, i.e., Asaridu mahru and Asaridu ^a/«/^, which
seems to point to two different people.
No. 28 {Obv. 3-5).
When the Moon at its appearance a bright
day (?).... hirusissu will come and devour the sesame. {Rev. 2ff.)
When a star shines forth and like a knot (?) from sunset to sunrise
disappears, in Elam . . . the enemy will . capture . . : the forces of
Elam From Zakir.
Obv. 4. kumsissu, perhaps a worm or insect.
Rev. 2. SUR, i.e. ismr, is the usual word for a star rising.
Rev. 3. The character lib
(?) may be ki (?).