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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1
SAA 01 239. The Qappateans Put in Order (ABL 0573)
(1) [To the king, my lord]: your [serva]nt Takl[ak-ana-Bel]. Good health to the king, [my] lord! (4) As to the Qappatean(s) about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Have they been put in order? Is there an official of yours in charge of them?" — (9) The mayor of the town and the commander of the scouts have been appointed my officials over them. Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "[Let] the commander of the scouts appoint [...]s over them?/!" The king, my lord [...... (Break) (r 6) [Let him] do [work in D]ur-Šarruken under [his/my] supervision.
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