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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 remember [Akkad] favorably; the king will reach [the highest rank]; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (6) If at the moon's appearance one horn meets the other: the flood will come. — On the 14th day their lights looked at each other. (r 2) If the moon is slow in its course: the har[vest of the land will prosper]. (r 3) If the moon at its appearance stands, makes ... [..., and], its [dwe]lling place is devastated: there will be [reconciliation and] pe…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Mars stands in it: in all lands cultivated fields and dates will not prosper; variant: the Westland will diminish. (5) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and a planet stands in it: the king's troops will be shut up. (7) [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and the Field star, behind which are the Ple[iades], stands in it: the cattle of the land will prosper. (r 2) Mars is a star of the Westland; the Field star behind which are the Pleiades is Aries; Aries is a star of the Westland. (r 5) From Rašil.
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics