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(1) [If Jup]iter becomes steady in the morning: enemy [kings] will be reconciled. (3) [If Jupi]ter carries radiance: the king is we[ll; the land will become] happy; the land will see plenty. (5) [If J]upiter is bright: the king of Akkad will reach the highest rank. (7) [If] Engišgalanna becomes bright: [there will be] floods and rains. Engišgalanna is Jupit[er]. (r 1) If Jupiter becomes visible in Iyyar (II): the land [will eat] abundant food. (r 2) [If] Nēberu rises and the gods get peace: confused (things) will be made bright, blurred (things) will clear; rains and floods will come; the…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics
(1) If the moon does not become visible but two crescents become visible: hostility will be set up in all lands. — The moon is seen with the sun in the horizon. (4) A single one lay across in front of the sun: let the king wait for the (report) of Assur. (6) In Ab (V) on the 30th day the moon will become visible. [If the moon] becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal of Akkad. (r 1) In Ab (V) on the 16th day the moon will be seen together with the sun. (r 2) If Venus stands opposite Orion: land will become hostile to land, brother to brother; there will be fall of man and cattle. (…
Religion & MythAstronomy & Mathematics