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(1) [If the moon] is seen on the [1]6th [day: the king of Subartu will become] strong and [have no rival]. (3) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Mars [stands in it]: loss of cattle of all lands; the date plantation will not prosper; variant: the Westland will be diminished. (6) [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and a planet stands in it: robbers will rage. (8) — Saturn stands in the halo of the moon. (9) If Jupiter comes near to the Bull of Heaven: the treasures of the land will perish; variant: the offspring of large and small cattle will not prosper. (r 2) Jupiter entered the…
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(1) [If the Pleiades] come close to the moon, [enter it], and come out: [the king ...] will exercise supreme power. (4) — [The Pleiades] will come close to the moon. (5) [Sin] sent a good [sign to the king my lord]. (7) [The Pleiades are (equivalent to)] Mars ...... [......]. (r 1) [On the xth day] of Sivan (III) [... be]came visible. (r 3) [Mer]cury became visible on the 16th day [of Si]van (III). (r 5) [Now let] the heart of the king our lord, [which] was [sad, be] very [happy]. (r 8) [From Nabû]-ahhe-eriba.
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