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(1) [If] a meteor flashes from eas[t] to west and sets, and interrupts its train and puts it (again): the enemy's troops will fall in battle. (5) If a star which is like a torch, i.e. like a reed torch, flashes from east to west and sets: the main army of the enemy will fall. (r 1) Two meteors flashed in the middle watch after each other. (r 5) From Ašaredu the older.
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(1) [......] ... will change; [......] there will be [fl]oods from the sources. (3) [If the moon makes] an eclipse in the evening watch ... [......], the eclipse (is for) the king of Akkad; a great king will die. (4) [If] there is an eclipse, and the north wind blows: the gods will have mercy on the land. (5) If the moon comes out darkly: a devastating flood will take place. (6) If the moon comes out darkly and lingers on: destruction of all lands. (7) If the moon comes out darkly and is like the command of the sky: the king will overthrow all lands in defeat, variant: the gods will overthrow…
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