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(1) [Me]rcury became visible in the west [wit]h the Pleiades. It will keep getting higher [...] into the Old Man: rain and flood. (6) [If] the star of Marduk [becomes visible in] the beginning of the ye[ar]: in this [ye]ar his furrow will pro[sper]. (8) From Nadinu.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
(1) I wrote [to the k]ing my lord [as follows: "The moon] will make an eclipse." [Now] it will not pass by, it will occur. There is well-being for the king my lord in the occurrence of this eclipse: Iyyar (II) means Elam, the 14th day means Elam, the morning watch means [Elam]. Month, [day, watch, all of them] refer to E[lam. That it set] darkly refers to the ending of the dynasty of the West[land]. The West[land] is affected together with Elam; the dynasty of the Westland is ended. (7) From Nadinu.