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(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (2) If the moon at its appearance [wears a] cr[own: regular]ly the harvest of the land will prosp[er; the land will live as if in pastures near the city]; the king [will reach] the highest r[ank]. (5) From Ahhešâ of [Uruk].
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(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. (5) From Ahhešâ of Uruk.