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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 541. Venus and Mars (RMA 236F) [planetary]
(Beginning destroyed) (2) rai[nbow ......]. (3) If ... [......] rainbow [...]. (5) If Venus is red: plenty for the peop[le ...]. (6) If the light of Venus at its rising is like a clo[ud ......]. (7) If Venus at its rising until the end of Ab (V) [......]. (8) If Mars [carries] white radiance: [......]. (9) [This is] doubly good for the ki[ng my lord]. (10) [If a planet stands in] the east: attack of Subartu and [the Kassites against the land]. (11) [If .......]. (12) [If Nergal in] his appearance [is white and scintillates like the fi[xed stars: ......; the cat]tle of Akkad will lie…
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