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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 303. New Moon on 1st Day, Meteor (RMA 028) [lunar, occasional]
(1) If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; [the land will become happy]. (2) If the day reaches its normal length: [a reign of long days]. (3) If the moon at its appearance is covered with white patches: kursissu will attack and devour the sesame. — It is seen with [......]. (7) If (the moon) [wears] a crown: the king will reach the highest rank. (r 2) [If] a star flares up and sets like a torch [fr]om west to east: the enemy will conquer a border town of mine in Elam; (fall) of the army of Elam. (r 6) From Zakir.
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