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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 504. Evening First of Mercury In Scorpius (RMA 223) [planetary]
(1) If a planet rises in Marchesvan (VIII): the harvest of the land will prosper. (3) If Scorpius is black: therein will be reconciliation in the land. — Mercury stands in Scorpius. (5) If the bre[ast] of Scorpius, the goddess Išhara, at the renewing of her light is bright, her tail dark, her horns opposing each other: rain and flood will be early in the land; locusts will attack and devour the land; fall of cattle and shepherds' huts; [an enemy land ...] will be conquered. (r 4) [If ......] Scorpius [......]. (Rest destroyed)
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