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Jupiter, and Saturn.
We have records of observations carried
on under Asshurbanapal, who sent astronomers
to different parts to study celestial phenom-
ena. Here is one:–
To the Director of Observations,–My Lord,
his humble servant Nabushum-iddin, Great
Astronomer of Nineveh, writes thus: ”May
Nabu and Marduk be propitious to the Di-
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