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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 494. Cancer and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 117) [planetary]
(1) If the moon is surrounded by a sheepfold: that land will expand; dispersed people will gather. (3) If it is surrounded, and Cancer stands in it: the king of Akkad will extend the life. (5) If Regulus stands in it: women will give birth to male children. (7) If the moon is surrounded by a sheepfold and lingers on: giving of the reign to the king. (9) I.e., it is surrounded by a large halo. It stood there for much of the night and did not dissolve. (r 3) From Šapiku of Borsippa.
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