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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4
SAA 04 111. Should a Man Named on Papyrus be Sent against ...? (AGS 047) [military and political]
(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking you! (2) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is n[ow intent on sending the person] whose name is written [in this papyrus and placed] before [your great] divinity, [against the cities of ...], and [(whom) your great divinity knows] — (5) in accordance with the command of your gre[at] divinity, [Šamaš, great lord, and your favorable decisions], should the subject of this query, [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan, and send ...] against the cities of [...? Is it pleasing to your great divinity]? (8) If he, having…
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