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(1) If the sun rises and (is as if) dyed red: this land will disappear. (2) If the sun rises and is red: plenty for the people, variant: battle will be done in the land, variant: rebellion, variant: losses for the king of all lands. (4) If the sun at its rising carries red radiance: an eclipse will take place, and Adad will devastate. (6) The morning watch concerns Elam. This sign came at sunrise. (r 2) If Adad thunders in Iyyar (II): emmer wheat and flax will not prosper. (r 4) The star about which I spoke to the king my lord is very faint; it has not yet ascended, and so I have not identifie…
