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(1) To the Babylonians, the men under my protection: thus (speaks) Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, who reveres [Marduk]. I, my palace [and my country] are well; may you, [great] and small, be well; may you be h[appy] from this day on. (6) Hear of the might of Mardu[k ...], behold his august heroism [...], praise his great godhead [...]! May the first one see and r[ecount], may the last one hear how [...]. (11) Ever since my childhood until m[y] adulthood I have trusted in the Lady Zarpa[nitu]; father and mother did not raise me. [The great gods] presented me with truth and right[eousness],…
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Beginning destroyed (1') [I have heard] the words [that th]is [no-br]oth[er] has concoct[ed], that he has spoken to you and that you have believed [him]. (3') I swear by Aššur (and) Marduk, my gods, that I did not know, nor have I said a word of what he has spoken to you, nor has anybody given me such advice! They are all but lies and vain words which he has invented and spoken for his own purposes. (7') And look at him now! After his revolt, as soon as I had robed (in purple) all the Babylonians who were captured at the first fighting and taken into my presence, and had tied a mina of silver…
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