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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8
SAA 08 447. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse (RMA 052) [eclipses]
(1) [In Iy]yar (II) (the moon) will complete the day; [on the 14th] day the moon and sun will be seen together. The 13th [day], the night of the 14th day, is the [da]y of the watch (to be held), and there will be no eclipse. (r 1) I guarantee it seven times, an eclipse will not take place. I have written a definitive word to the king. (r 5) From Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk, nephew of Bel-naṣir.
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