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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 195. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136) [lunar]
(1) [If] on the 14th [day] the moon and sun [are seen] together: reliable speech, the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad [favorably]; joy among the troops; [the king will become happy]; the cattle of Akkad wil[l lie] in the steppe undisturbed. (5) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech [will be placed] in the m[outh of people]; the king of the land will make the throne last long. (7) If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn me[ets] the other: there will be truth [in] the land, and the son will [speak] the truth…
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