~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 029. Absolving the King (CT 53 155) [from astrologers]
(1) [As to what the king, my lord], wrote to me: "Have I been purified with (the help of) Urad-Ea [and] these [......]?" — [the gods of the king], my lo[rd], know that, verily, [the king, my lord], has been purified 10 times over! May [the god DN, the lord of the] shining [...], give light to the king, my lord, for numerous [years]. (7) [As to what the king, my lord, wrote] to me: "[...] are being bound to [...] speech against me; (9) [the advice ...] that they gave, it (or) anything (10) (Break) (r 2) [The king, my lord], is made [li]ke a sage; he has understood her [c]ounsels, he has spoken…
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