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(1) [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] of the land will make his throne last long. (5) [If the moon] and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (7) 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; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (r 4) From Bulluṭu.
