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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 106. The Kummeans versus the Royal Delegate (CT 53 138)
(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (2) died [......] (3) [I swear by the g]ods of [the king, my lord,] that th[is w]ork [...]; if we have been negli[gent, may ......]! (6) [The k]ing, my lord [......] (7) has done [......] (8) I am a servant of the k[ing, my lord ...]; (9) when [......] (10) and when the gods ta[ke action, I] wi[ll do accor]dingly [...]. (12) The Kummeans w[ho previously] appealed [to] the king, [my lord, h]ave returned and [c]ome t[o me], saying: "The city of Kummu in its entirety can't stand the royal delegate; [but] we can, and will bear the…
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