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(1) [If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable]; reliable speech [will be placed in the mouth of people]; the king of the land will make the thr[one last long]. (4) If a sun disk [stands] above the moon, var[iant: below the moon: the king of the land will stand] in his truth. (6) [If the moon and sun] are in oppositi[on: there will be] truth [in the land; the son will speak the truth with his father]. (8) [From] Nabû-[...].
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(1) [If on the 14th day the moon and sun] are seen together: [reliable speech; the land will become happy]; the gods [will rememb]er Akkad [favorably]; the cattle [of Akkad] will lie [in the steppe undisturbed]. (Rest destroyed)
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