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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 026. If the Eclipse Takes Place, What Does it Mean? (ABL 0038) [from astrologers]
(1) To the 'farmer,' my lord: your servant Issar-šumu-ereš. Good health to the 'farmer,' my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the 'farmer,' my lord! (6) Concerning the wa[tc]h (for the lunar eclipse) about which the ['farmer'], my [lord], wrot[e to m]e: "[...] (Break) (r 1) "If it should occ[ur], what is the word about it?" — the 14th day (signifies) the Eastland, the month Sivan (III) (signifies) the Westland, and the relevant 'decision' (pertains) to Ur. And if it occurs, the (interpretation concerning the) region it afflicts and the wind blowing will be quoted as well.
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