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(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]; the king will become happy; [joy] among the troops; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undis[turbed]. (6) [If the moon and sun] are in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen his understanding. (8) [If the moon's] horns at its [appearance] are very dark: [disbanding] of the fortified outposts, [retiring] of the guards; there will be [reconciliation] and peace in the land. (r 4) (The moon) came into opposition with the sun [on] the…
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