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Some Venus omens in India (12)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Lamaštu 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.04 Magic and exorcism 05.04.05 Therapeutic magic 05.04.05.02 Exorcism 05.04.05.02.03 Lamaštu Star Omens 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.01 Celestial omens (Enūma Anu Enlil) 05.02.01.04 Star Omens	Keywords astrology India Mesopotamia omens Venus
Period 1st century CE Neo-Assyrian Empire	Channel Indian culture Neo-Assyrian texts

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Gargasamhitā 6.50:
When the great planet, Venus, is visible all day, then villages and towns are harrassed by accidents.

Enūma Anu Enlil, VAT 10218, 94:
If Venus rises in the morning and does not set: variant, rises in the morning and sets, the land’s mind will change, the Lamaštu demon will seize the children.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Enūma Anu Enlil, VAT 10218, 94
Gargasamhitā 6.50

Bibliography

Pingree 1987, 300, 309

Pingree, David. “Venus Omens in India and Babylon.” In: F. Rochberg Halton (ed.). Language, literature, and history. Philological and historical studies presented to Erica Reiner. American Oriental Series 67. New Haven: American Oriental Society 1987, 293-315.

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Amar Annus

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