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- Judaeo-Arabic
This event was enormously important in premodern Egypt because it roughly coincided with the annual Nile flood. The ancient Egyptian calendar was organized around the first sighting of Sirius (Sopdet, later Greek Sothis), which was also deified and associated with Isis.
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- אלחאג וידעו אלנאס ולא יסתגאב להם
- ויכון באלנאס אוגאע מן תורת וסועאל
...The moon will be eclipsed inthe district of the east and toward the south until nothingof it is seen. Corruption will be abundant, and there will be fearTags
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