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(1) On the 14th day the moon and sun were seen together. This night, the moon was surrounded by a halo, and Saturn stood inside the halo with the moon. (4) 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 cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (7) If the moon is slow in its course: the harvest of the land will prosper. — It is seen on the 14th day. (8) If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. (9) It means that on the…
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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 king; 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 keep marching victoriously through his land. (6) If the moon in Tammuz (IV) is not seen together with the sun, neither on the 14th nor on the 15th day: the king will be shut up in his palace. (r 2) (The moon) was seen on the 16th day; good for Assyria, bad for Akkad and the Westland. (r 4) From Akkullanu.
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