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(1) [If Venus] becomes visible in Sivan (III): fall of the enemy. (2) [If Venus] is risen [in winter] in the east, [at harvest time in the west]: enemy kings [will be reconciled; the harvest of the land will prosper; the land] will eat good [bread; reconciliation and peace] will take place everywhere. (6) [If the rising of Venus] is seen [early: the king of the land] will extend [the life]. (8) If [the Goat star comes close to Cancer]: there will be reconciliation [and peace in the land; the gods will have mercy on the land; emp]ty [storage bins will be fill]ed; the harvest of the land will…
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(1) Jupiter [became visible] in the [east and] stood in the sky for a year [...]. (3) [L]ast year (on) this day J[upiter] did not [...] its year. Now, until the 10th of Kislev (IX), it has s[tood for x] excessive [days]. (7) Let [them ...] Enūma Anu Enlil. (8) Venus ...... (r 1) [If] Venus rises [...] ... [...]. (r 3) Venus rises [...] ... [...]: the land will become [happy]. (r 5) The signs of Jupiter and [Venus are similar] to each other. (r 7) From Nergal-eṭir.
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