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(1) On the 1st day I wrote to the king as follows: On the 14th day the moon will be seen together with the sun. (Now), on the 14th day the moon and sun were seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; there will be joy among people; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (7) If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn meets the other: there will be truth in the land; the son will speak the truth with his father.— On the 14th day the moon is seen together with the sun. (r 4) If the moon and sun are in…
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(1) [If the moon and] sun are in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen his understanding. (3) [If the moon and] sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reli[able speech] will be placed in the mouth of people; [the king] will make [the thro]ne last long. (6) [......] ... [......] Elul (VI) [......] in intercalary Elul (VI) [......] let it be additional. (r 4) Let [...] write to [...]ra-ilu, and let him do [...] in intercalary Elul (VI). (r 6) [From] Nergal-eṭir.
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