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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 152. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136E) [lunar]
(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 bal]ance: [the land will become stable]; reliable [speech] will be placed [in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make his throne] last long. (7) If [the moon and sun] are seen together [on the 14th day: reliable] sp[eech; the land will become] happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. (r 5) From Nabû-mušeṣi.
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