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IV. iiri0ON A\H AIPEiARS ON TjilETII-, U1DY
No. 59. W-V.ien the IMoon appears on the thirtieth day, there
will be cold (or) there will be the clamour of the enemy in the land.
When at the Moon's appearance it appears high, the enemy will
seize upon the land. When the Moon at its appearance is fiercely
bright, the month will bring harm. When at the Moon's appearance
its horns look at .... a flood will come. From Irassi-ilu, the king's
servant (the greater).
Obv. 2. Surubbzi? is lalways explained by kusszu in these
texts.
No. 60. When the Moon at its appearance is dim and one
cannot define (?) it, rain will fall. When the Moon appears on the
thirtieth day, there will be cold (or) there will be the clamour of the
enemy in the land. When the Moon at its appearance appears low,
the submission of a distant land will come to the all-powerful king.
Frcm Irassi-ilu, the king's servant (the greater).
Obv. i. On unnut, see No. 30, note on ibta'il.
Obv. 2. Umandi lit. ' make great.'
No. 62. When the Moon appears on the thirtieth of Nisan,
Subartu Ahlamut will devour: a foreign tongue will gain the ascendency
in Aharrf. (We are Subartu.) When the Moon appears
on the thirtieth day, there will be cold in the land. (Surubb =
kussu).
The Moon appeared without the Sun on the fourteenth of
Tebet: the Moon completes the day in Sebat. On the fourteenth
it appears without the Sun; the Moon completes the day in Adar.
On the fourteenth it appears without the Sun; the Moon will
complete the day in Nisan. From Nabfi-ahi-iriba.
No. 63. When the Moon appears on the thirtieth of Iyyar,
Abarrt Subartu will slay with the sword. From Munnabitu.
No. 64. When the Moon appears on the thirtieth of Ivyar,
the abundance of Abarri Ahlamfi will devour. From NabO-kik,
of Borsippa.
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No, 64B contains a mention of the Itu' tribe (Obv. 4), and
of Mugallu (Obv. 5). Expeditions were undertaken against the
Itu' in the years 791, 783, 782, 777, and 769 B.C., but they were
evidently loyal and faithful vassals in the seventh century (see
Harper, Assyrian Letters, No. 388). Mugallu was king of
Tabal and, according to Assurbanipal, was a source of trouble
to Esarhaddon and Sennacherib. From the mention of this
king in a letter about omens, it is obvious that he was regarded
as a dangerous enemy by the Assyrians. (See K. 1263,
rev. 5-1o, and cf. Knudtzon, Gebete an den Sonnengolt, sub
zvoce.)
No. 66. When the Moon appears on the thirtieth of Siwan,
the abundance of Aharru Ahlamu will devour. When the Moon
appears on the thirtieth day, there will be cold, (or) there will be
the clamour of the enemy in the land. When the Moon at its
appearance appears low, the enemy will seize on the land. When
the Moon at its appearance appears low, the submission of a far
country will come to the king, (or) a messenger will come. From
Irassi-ilu, the king's servant.
Obv. 6. It will be observed that the omen of No. 60,
rev. I if., does not correspond to this line, but with usajpil of
rev. 2-4.
No. 67. When the Moon appears on the thirtieth of Siwan,
the abundance of Aharru Ablamn will devour. (The Month Siwan
=Aharru: it is evil for Aharrfi). Saturn has not once approached
Venus; it has no omen. From Sum-idina.
No. 68 (Obv. 5if). When at the Moon's appearance a north
wind blows, during that month a flood will come. .When at the
Sun's zenith a parhelion (?) stands on its right, Ramman will
inundate. Mars advanced (ie., proceeded to its own front) and
stood away from Scorpio. To-morrow I will inform the king, my
lord. From Balasi.
Rev. 2. AnZa p2ana/utUz illak is the explanation of the
unusual word uttamiY. Delitzsch, 92 b, explains inf. itmuzu as
a synonym of al'ku. See No. 70, rev. 3.