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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 023. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 159) [lunar]
(1) If on the 15th day the moon and sun are s[een] together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gates. (5) If the moon does not wait for the sun but se[ts]: raging of lion and w[olf]. (7) If at the appearance of the moon one horn passes the other: the kings of all lands will bec[ome] enemies. (r 1) In Sivan (III) on the 16th day let him take upstream the rope of a b[oat]: his saving protective deity will guide [him] again and again. (r 6) From Issar-šumu-ereš.
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