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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] ... ṣu ...[......] (2) [......]... -šu (blank) [......] (3) [Disregard that ......] the forces of Esarhaddon [(Aššur-aḫu-iddina), king of Assyria, ......] (4) [Disregard that ......] they bring him back, (being) ill, [(and that) they experience the hardship of the journey]. (5) [Disregard that ...... an evil god], an evil goddess [......] (6) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the] sacrificial sheep [of the offering], (7) [or has blocked the way] before [the sacrificial sheep]. (8) [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near t…
Religion & Myth
Esarhaddon justifies his anomalous succession — youngest son elevated over elder brothers — by attributing the choice directly to Aššur, Šamaš, and both Ištars, revealing how Sargonid kings marshalled divine authority to legitimise politically irregular transfers of power.
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