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The signs of sky and earth are related (1)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery



 		Keywords
astrology
Mesopotamia
omens
Period
Neo-Assyrian Empire 		Channel
Neo-Assyrian texts

Text
Babylonian Diviner’s Manual 38-42:
The signs on earth just as those in the sky give us signals. Sky and earth both produce portents though appearing separately. They are not separate (because) sky and earth are related. A sign that portends evil in the sky is (also) evil in the earth, one that portends evil on earth is evil in the sky.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Babylonian Diviner’s Manual 38-42

Bibliography

Oppenheim 1974, 204Oppenheim, A. Leo. “A Babylonian Diviner's Manual.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 33 (1974) 197-220. [JSTOR (requires subscription)]

Amar Annus


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