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Babylonian horoscope (1)

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 		Keywords
astrology
Mesopotamia
omens
Period
5th century BCE
Achaemenid Empire 		Channel
Neo-Babylonian texts

Text
Month Nisan, night of the 14th … son of Shuma-uṣur, son of Shuma-iddina, descendant of Dēkē, was born. At that time the Moon was below the horn of the Scorpion, Jupiter in Pisces, Venus in Taurus, Saturn in Cancer, Mars in Gemini. Mercury, which had set [for the first time], was [still] in[visible]. Month Nisan, the 1st [day of which followed the 30th day of the preceding month], [the new crescent having been visible for] 28 [UŠ], [the duration of visibility of the Moon after sunrise on] the 14th was 4,40 [UŠ]; the 27th was the day when the moon appeared for the last time. [Things] will be good before you. Month Duˀūzu, year 12, [ye]ar 8 …

Bibliography

Barton 1994, 15Barton, Tamsyn. Ancient Astrology. London, New York: Routledge 1994.
Sachs 1952, 54ff.Sachs, Abraham Joseph. “Babylonian Horoscopes.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 6 (1952) 49-74. [JSTOR (requires subscription)]

Amar Annus


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