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(1) [Ma]rs became visible in Tammuz (IV) (and) is faint. (2) [If Mars] becomes visible in Tammuz (IV): the cemetery of the warriors will enlarge. (3) [Mars] is said to (portend) death. (4) [If Ma]rs stands in the east: attack of Subartu and the Kassites against the land. (6) [If] Mars rises scintillating and its radiance is yellow: the king of Elam will die. (8) If Nergal in his appearance is very small and white, and scintillates very much like the fixed stars: he will have mercy on Akkad; the force of my troops will go and defeat the enemy troops, it will conquer the land for which it…
