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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 120. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 076) [lunar]
(1) If the moon becomes visible in Tebet (X) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour Subartu; a foreigner will rule the Westland. (4) Tebet (X) means Elam. (5) From Bulluṭu. (r 1) We watched on the 29th day; the clouds were den[se], we did not see the moon. We watched on the 30th day; we saw the moon, (but) it was (already) very high. The (weather) of the 29th day has to do with it. (r 6) What is it that the king my lord says?
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