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thze Yoon, thre wvil tbe great rains and showers. A-(din swoel
witthi: the halo. of the Mioon. From Nabu-ikiga, of 3orsippa.
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ON.S 07\1 I FOMNi THE SIXTEENTH DAY. !xi
FA''. 2. A4 din, fromri the above would appear to be a
single star of Virgo. It is therefore probably Spica, which is
thec most conspicuous star of the group. Pan here evidently
explains A-fdin, as also in No. x 8, where there is no other star
for it to refer to, and it is probably another name for Spica.
No. 154 (Obv. 1-2). On the first day I sent to the king thus:
'On the fourteenth the Moon will be seen with the Sun.' (Rev. 6.)
On the fourteenth the Moon was seen with the Sun.
No. 155 (Rev. if). The king, my lord, has not asked 'How
did the clouds appear?' Last night its going forth which I saw
during the day-half came forth; it went as far as the 'ground' in
the middle. There is an omen from the sight for the ... when the
king sees a clear day, for two-thirds of a kasbu (8o minutes) of the
day it will stand with the Sun, From Nabu-ikisa, of Borsippa.
Rev. 4. isu. Cf. isi irilhi half the diameter' (Oppert,
JA. xvi, 513, quoted Muss. Arnolt, Diet., 86, a), and isu 'small.'
Rev. 7. The characters destroyed may be um kL.
Rev. 8. Probably read garru im-ru sinip kasbu rmnu.
(D) On the Fiftee;th Day.
No. 156 (Obv. 1-3). When the Moon and Sun are seen with
one another on the fifteenth day, a powerful enemy will raise his
weapons against the land. The enemy will destroy the gate of my
city.
Obv. 3. Ali-ia C my city' occurs elsewhere. (Cf. Nos. i62,
i63, ia, No. 158, MU.) The magicians are at variance as to
the precise formula, for we find 'the enemy will destroy the
shrines of the great gods' (No. i57), or' the city gates' (No.
I59).
No. 158. The reverse is too mutilated to make connected sense,
but it seems that the writer is apologising for not having sent the
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usual despatch, ' for that he has been sick and there was no interpreter
of omens.' He concludes with the conventional 'let not the
king leave me, and I shall not die.'
No. 162 (Rev. 2f. ). When Jupiter goes with Venus, the
prayer of the land will reach the heart of the gods. Merodach and
Sarpanitum will hear the prayer of thy people and will have mercy
on thy people.
Let them send me an ass that it may ease my feet. From
Nirgal-itir.
Rev. 7. The character which I read sipa I is written Zamn
in the text. If LAM (= isfu) be translated 'sorcery' it gives
no sense.
No. 163 (Obv. 4vf). When Mercury (or a planet) . . appears,
there will be corpses. When Cancer (Allul) is dark, a destructive
demon will seize on the land and there will be corpses. From
Nabu-ahb-iddina.
No. 164 (Rev. ?-8). When the brilliance of a star shines from
east to west, want (?) will overcome the foe, .... will seize upon the
land. Iyyar, Siwan, Tammuz, Ab, Elul-these five months on the
fourteenth day the Moon has not been seen with the Sun. May the
king, my lord, know and give heed.
No. 165 (Obv. 5-6). When Anna becomes bright, the foe will
make havoc.
Obv. 5. Brunnow's List, No. s45, gives '
;u AN .NA =
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f Sin, i.e., the Moon. But AN . NA also = Anu, and therefore
probably Mars: see No. 103.
Obv. 6. nnami-A ihazmmni, lit. dash (to) ruins.'
(E) On the Sixteenth.f Day.
No. 166. When the Moon and Sun are seen with one another
on the sixteenth day, king to king will send hostility. The king will
be besieged in his palace for the space of a month. The feet of the
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