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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 089. Why is Nothing being Done Month after Month? (ABL 1397) [from astrologers]
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [The moon] was eclip[sed ......] (3) [fa]ll of oxen [...] (4) o[f] horses [...] (5) But attention should be paid to ransoming the king's [...]! "When it (or he) emerges during it, the king will be well." I have now brought up this matter and spoken to the king, (for) it concerns us. Have we now ...ed our case [li]ttle or much? And what harm (would it do)? (13) [The king should indeed pay] attention to this matter. [Why], up to now, [the king] has not given [...]? [......]... (r 4) A reed [...] should be constructed, and (the ritual) "Giving a person's substitute to…
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