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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 347. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136D) [lunar]
(1) [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; joy among the troops; [the king will become happy]; the cattle of Akkad will lie [in the steppe undisturbed]. (7) [......] ... (r 1) [If the moon reaches the sun] and follows it closely, and [one horn] meets [the other]: there will be truth in the land, and [the son] will speak the truth [with] his father. (r 4) — [Moon] and sun saw each other. (r 5) May the [king of al]l lands be everlasting! (r 6) [From Aša]redu the younger.
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