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(1) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and Can[cer] stands in it: the king of Akkad [will extend the life]. (3) If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: (in) all lands (people) will speak [the truth]; the son will speak the truth with his father. (6) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Regulus stands in it: pregnant women will give birth to male children. (r 1) From Zakir.
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(1) [If Venus ... from] the 1st to the 30th day [......]. (Break) (2) Venus [...] days [......] did not reach and set [......] of Elam. Signs in the east [......] Venus is the star of Elam; in the east [...]. (r 3) If the sun is surrounded by a halo: it will rain; change of weather. (r 4) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Orion stands in it: the king of Subartu will exercise world rule; his land will thri[ve]. (r 6) [If the sun] stands [in] the halo of the moon: all lands will speak the truth; [the son] will speak the truth with his father. (r 8) [If the moon] is surrounded [by a halo],…
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