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c.1900–1600 BCE, Franz Köcher, A. Leo Oppenheim, editors, AfO 18, 062-080 (omen text; clay tablet), published 1958, CDLI P491487, archived from the original on 2022/11/26, column 2, lines 8–9:
𒁹 𒇽 𒍪𒁀𒀜𒍪𒄿𒈾𒉺𒀝𒊑𒋗𒆷𒄿𒅗𒀭𒈠 𒈠𒂵𒀠 𒀉𒋫𒈾𒀸𒄩𒀜𒇽𒋗𒌑
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DIŠ LU₂ ṣu₂‐ba‐at‐su₂ i‐na pa‐ag‐ri‐šu la i‐ka‐an‐ma ma‐ga‐al it‐ta‐na‐aš‐ḫa-aṭ LU₂ šu‐u₂ x x x
If a man’s garment does not stay firm on his body and moves around a lot, that man
722 BCE – 705 BCE, “CT 54 057”, in Manfried Dietrich, editor, Cuneiform texts from Babylonian tablets, volume 54, published 1979, →OCLC, plate 26; republished as “SAA 10 160”, in Simo Parpola, editor, State Archives of Assyria, volume 13 (priestly letter; clay tablet), Helsinki, 1993, CDLI P237220, line 11:
𒁹 𒀯𒊕𒈨𒃻 𒀸 𒊺𒅕𒋾 𒅅𒌅𒌦 𒈗𒈨𒌍 𒉽𒈨𒌍 𒁲𒈨𒌍
DIŠ MUL.SAG.ME.GAR ina še-er-ti ik-tu-un LUGAL-MEŠ KUR₂-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ
If Jupiter stands still in the evening, enemy kings will make peace.
“kânu (A)”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, pages 159–162