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(1) If Mercury [......] in the constellation [......]. (3) If a planet [...] to the constellation [...]: Adad [will devastate]. (5) If a planet [becomes visible] in Iyyar (II) or in Sivan (III): the flood will come and irrigate the f[ields]. (r 1) From Rašil, son [of Nurzanu]. (r 2) The king [should ...] brick-masons; one farmer whom the king [......] five months for [...] work [......] of [the king] my lord.
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(1) [If the] Old Man star comes close to the top of the moon and stands there: [the king] will stand in triumph, [he] will become old and will extend his land. (4) [If the O]ld Man star comes close to the top of the moon and stands there, (and) enters the moon: the king will be pleasing to his land; there will be [tru]th and justice [in] his land. (r 1) [From] Rašil, son of Nurzanu.
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