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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 017. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136O) [lunar]
(1) If on the 14th day the mo[on and sun are seen] together: speech will become reliable; [the land will become] happy; the gods [will remember] the land favorably; joy among the troops; the ki[ng will become] happy; the cattle of the land will l[ie] in the steppe undisturbed. (7) If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king will make his throne last long. (r 1) If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (r 3) From Issar-šu[mu-ereš].
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