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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 161. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136F) [lunar]
(1) [If the moon and sun are in opp]osition: [the king of the land] will widen his [understanding. — On the 14th day the moon] is seen with the sun. (4) [If the moon and sun] are in balance: [the land wi]ll become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make the throne last long. (r 1) — [On the 14th day] the moon is seen with the sun. (r 2) [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; there will be [joy] among people. (r 6) [From Adad-šum]u-uṣur…
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