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Lunar eclipse omens (1)

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 		Keywords
astrology
Mandeans
Mesopotamia
moon
omens
Period
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Sasanid Empire 		Channel
Mandean culture
Neo-Assyrian texts

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The Mandean Book of the Zodiac preserves some Mesopotamian lunar omens by means of a direct transmission.

Iqqur īpuš 69.7-10:
7. If in Ulūlu (a lunar eclipse occurs): there will be a rebellion against the king.
8. If in Tašrītu: Downfall of an army …
10. If in Kislīmu: Rains will diminish the land.

Sfar Malwašia 212-213 (Drower):
If the moon is eclipsed in Ellul, … the king will have war in his realm, will be killed by treachery, and his city will be taken by the sword.
If the moon is eclipsed in Tišrin, there will be war in the cities and destruction, …
If the moon is eclipsed in Kanun, there will be heavy rains and calamities and turmoil in Fars.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Iqqur īpuš 69.7-10
Sfar Malwašia 212-213 (Drower)

Bibliography

Drower 1949, 212-213Drower, E. S. Sfar Malwašia. The Book of the Zodiac. Oriental Translation Fund 35. London: Royal Asiatic Society 1949.
Rochberg 1999, 244Rochberg, Francesca. “The Babylonian Origins of the Mandaean Book of the Zodiac.” ARAM 11 (1999) 237-247. [Peeters Online Journals (requires subscription)]

Amar Annus


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