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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 066. Scorpius in Lunar Halo (RMA 141) [planetary]
(1) If the moon and sun are in balance: reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king [of the world] will make his throne la[st long]. (Break) (r 1) [If at the appearance of the moon] the sting [of Scorpius] surrounds it [like a halo]: the flood will [come]. (r 3) Thi[s night], a halo surr[ounded the moon, al]l of Scorp[ius stood] inside it. (r 5) If at the moon's appearance the south wind blows: in this month there will be regularly south wind. (r 7) From Nabû-ahhe-eriba.
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