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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 427. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136H) [lunar]
(1) [If on the 14th day the moon a]nd sun are seen together: [reliable speech]; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad [favorably]; the cattle of Akkad will lie [in the st]eppe [undisturbed; the harvest-time grass will last until] winter, [......]. (Break) (r 1) [If the moon and sun are in ba]lance: reliable speech will be placed [in the mouth of people]; the foundation of the king's throne will become stable. (r 3) [If the moon and sun are] in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen his [under]standing; there will be truth [in the land]. (r 6) [From] Nabû-iqbi.
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