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(1) [If the moon and] sun are in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen his understanding. (3) [If the moon and] sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reli[able speech] will be placed in the mouth of people; [the king] will make [the thro]ne last long. (6) [......] ... [......] Elul (VI) [......] in intercalary Elul (VI) [......] let it be additional. (r 4) Let [...] write to [...]ra-ilu, and let him do [...] in intercalary Elul (VI). (r 6) [From] Nergal-eṭir.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
(1) 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 [......]. (4) If the moon and sun are in oppos[ition]: the king of the land will wi[den his under]standing. (6) — On the 14th day [it is seen] with the sun. (r 1) [If the moon] on the 14th day [is surrounded] by a halo [...]: the land will dwell in quiet. (r 3) If the moon [is surrounded] by a halo, and the Pleiades [stand in it]: in this year [women] will [give birth] to male children; variant: the king's land will rebel against him; dimi[nution…
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