Babylonian Astrology - Birth Omens
Definition: [Babylonian Omen Astrology] Omens from Births, from The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon: Vol II, R Cambell Thompson, London, March 1st, 1900.
These are omens for the king and kingdom from unusual births. The Babylonians at this time had no concept of natal astrology.
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Cuneiform tablet [K.2007] with omens. Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC From Nineveh, northern Iraq From the library of King Ashurbanipal [reigned 669-631 BC]. This tablet is the third of a series of twenty-four called shumma izbu concerning malformed newborn humans and animals, and their ominous significance. These were written to Ashurbanipal by his astrologers. From the collection of the British Museum. Room 55, Later Mesopotamia, case 10. Excavated by A.H. Layard [1817 - 1894] [ K2007 is one of the cuneiform tablets in the British Muesuem's current collection not included in Cambell Thompson's 1900 AD work [See K Lists]. For further information see: E. Leichty, The omen series Summa izbu (Locust Valley, J.J. Augustin, 1970), pp. 53-65] |
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