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(1) If in Kislev (IX) from the 1st day to the 30th day Venus disappears in the east: there will be a famine of barley and straw in the land. (4) The lord of kings will say: "The month is not (yet) finished, why did you write me good or bad (omens)?" The scribal art is not heard about in the market place. Let the lord of kings summon me on a day which is convenient to him, and I will investigate and speak to the king my lord. (r 5) From Ašaredu.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
(1) [If] a comet [becomes visible in the path of the stars of] Anu: [fall of Elam. Its] people [......] will be confused [......] city with city [......] brother will kill brother [......] the king of Elam [......] his days are near (to their end). (r 3) If the sun rises in a cloudbank: 3,20 will become furious and raise weapons. [3,20 means "king."] (r 5) [Ju]piter remained ste[ady in] the sky for a month of da[ys]. May [the king of a]ll lands be everla[sting]! (r 8) [From Ašaredu].
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