Enuma Anu Enlil

When the Moon and the Sun are invisible, the king will increase wisdom; the king of the land, the foundation of his throne will be secure. On the fourteenth day the Moon was seen with the Sun. When the Moon and Sun are seen with one another on the fourteenth, there will be silence, the land will be satisfied; the gods intend Akkad for happiness. Joy in the heart of the people. The cattle of Akkad will lie down securely in the pasture-places. When a dark halo surrounds the Moon, it gathers clouds, that month will bring rain. When its horns are dim, a flood will come. On the fourteenth day the Moon was seen with the Sun. About the people concerning whom I sent to the king, my lord, the king does not say “Why?” but has said “let them bring them hither.” Now the king knows I hold no land in Assyria; what is my family to them, or what my life? Who is my god, who is my lord, to whom and how are my eyes turned? Now let my lord king, for whose life I pray Samas, send it unto Ahisa, by royal authority, and let his messenger bring the people; let the governor of Babylon cause him to leave. Let Nabu-ittir-napšati, my son, the king’s servant, come, that with me he may visit the king.

When the Moon and Sun are seen with one another on the fifteenth day, a powerful enemy will raise his weapons against the land.⁠a The enemy will destroy the gate of my city.