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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1
SAA 01 077. On Bronze Panthers and a Wood Store (ABL 0091)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord! (6) The stands of both bronze panthers are quite attractive; they are working on minor improvements in their finish. (10) As to the wood store for the iron brazier in the palace of the Inner City about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, I consulted the mayors, masons and elders (who told me this): (14) "The chief of public works will do the demolition and the brickwork; the sons of the palace maids will supply the materials needed and plaster its roof;…
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