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(1) If [on the 16th] day [the moon and sun] are seen [together: one king] will send [hostile messages to another]; the king will be shut up [in his palace for the length of a month]; the step [of the enemy] will be set [towards] his [land]; the enemy will march around [victoriously in his land]. (6) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and the sun stands in the halo of the moon: they will speak the truth in all lands; the son will speak the truth with his father; universal peace. (10) If the moon is surrounded by a halo and Mars stands in it: loss of cattle in all lands; the date plantation…
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(1) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo and Mars [stands] in it: [there will be] loss of cattle in all lands; the date plantation will not prosper; variant: the Westland will diminish. (5) If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: in all lands (people) will speak the truth; the son will sp[eak] the truth with his father. (8) If two stars st[and] in the halo of the moon: reigns of lon[g] days. (r 1) From Bamaya.
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