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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 090. Why did the King Enthrone a Substitute? (ABL 0046) [from astrologers]
(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Akkullanu. Goo[d health] to the king, my lord! May Nabû and [Marduk] bless the king, my lord! (5) Concerning the substitute image about which the king, [my lord], wrote to his servant: "It was sitting (on the throne) in the city of Akkad from the 14th of Tammuz (IV) till the 5th of Ab (V)" — for what purpose did they act in this way? And why did they enthrone it in Akkad? Had they done it in the city of your father where you yourself are living, it would have removed your evil! Why you? And why an evil of Babylonia? (14) Have they (perhaps) said to you…
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