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(1) If Jupiter becomes visible in Marchesvan (VIII): one king will send hostile messages to another. (3) If Jupiter stands in the mišhu of Sagittarius: there will be killings in the land. (5) If the same star comes close to Indubanna: business will diminish. (r 1) Indubanna is the mišhu of Sagittarius. (r 3) From Nabû-šuma-iškun.
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(1) If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Jupiter stands in it: the king will be shut up. (But) its halo was not closed; (so) it does not portend evil. (5) If the Frond star stands with [...]: for [...] a sign, an equivalent of a sign portending good will be there in the sky. (r 3) If Šarur and Šargaz of the sting of Scorpius keep gaining radiance: the weapons of Akkad are raised. (r 8) From Nabû-šuma-iškun.
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