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(1) [If] in Tammuz (IV) Mars becomes visible: the cemetery of warriors will enlarge. (3) [If] a planet stands in the north: there will be deaths; attack of the king of Akkad against the enemy land. (5) If a strange star (= Mars) comes close to Gemini: the king will die, and there will be hostility. (7) If Mars [......]. (r 1) If Mars [......]: in that year the king of Ela[m ...]. (r 3) May the lord of kings be everlasting! (r 4) From Ašaredu the younger.
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(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. (3) [If the day reaches its normal] length: [a reign of] long [days]. (5) [......] were seen [...]. (6) When [......] are seen, [the scribal art] is not heard about in the market places. [Let me come] up and speak [unambiguously] to the lord of kings. (r 3) [May the king of all lands be] everlasting! (r 4) From Ašaredu.
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