1Compare EAE 59-60 Group C ii 4 (BPO 3 p. 112): ¶ muldil-bat ina itiGU₄ IGI-ma ŠE.ER.ZI-šá NU GÁL-MEŠ : ma-aq-tu₄ U₄.4.KAM : ⸢MUL⸣ GAL UGU-šá DU : MUL-(MEŠ) NIGINat-ma ù MUL TUR UGU-šá DUiz : MUL-ME NIGINat-ma u UL.⸢GAL? x x x UGU⸣-šá DU⸢iz?⸣ LUGAL KUR la šu-a-tu₄ : KUR šu-a-tu₄ ŠU-su KURád, “If Venus is seen in month II and her rays are not there, variant: fall, (for?) three days she is surrounded by stars and a small star stands above her: the king will conquer a land that is not his, variant: that land, his son will (not) seize the throne.”
2The form iš-ta-naq-qa-a (šaqû Gtn) is attested very commonly in Venus omens: see CAD Š/2 20b.
3Compare EAE 59-60 Group C ii 6 (BPO 3 p. 113): ¶ muldil-bat ina U₄.14.KAM KIMIN U₄.15.KAM KIMIN U₄.16.KAM ZAG-šá SA₅ ta-kip : tir-ku ṣa-rip KUR ḪUL IGImar, “If Venus on the 14th, variant: 15th, variant: 16th, her right side is dotted with red, variant: colored red by a dark spot: the land will see evil.”
4Compare EAE 59-60 Group C ii 8 (BPO 3 p. 114): ¶ muldil-bat ina U₄.14.KAM KIMIN U₄.15.KAM KIMIN U₄.16.KAM ZAG-šá u GÙB-šá SA₅ tuk-kup (KIMIN ta-kip) KUR šá ḪÉ.NUN IGI ḪUL IGI šá ḪUL IGI ḪÉ.NUN IGI, “If Venus on the 14th, variant: 15th, variant: 16th, her right side and left side are dotted with red: the land which has seen plenty will see evil, which has seen evil will see plenty.”
5Compare EAE 59-60 Group C ii 9 (BPO 3 p. 114): ¶ muldil-bat ina itiGU₄ ina dUTU.È KUR-ma TÙR NÍGIN LUGAL NIM.MAki me-si-ra IGI, “If Venus in month II rises in the East and is surrounded by a halo: the king of Elam will experience hemming in.”
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