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(Beginning destroyed) (1) Should [Esarh]addo[n, king of Assyria, ......] appoint hi[m] to a position of his choosing? (3) [If he appoints him, will he, as long as he holds] his position, [..., and] be loyal to [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria? Does your great] divin[ity know it]? (7) Disregard the (formulation) of [to]day's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. (8) Disregard that a clean or an unclean person [has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 1) Disregard that an un[clean man or woman has come near] the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. (r…
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(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Let them be taken out and put a]side! (r 2) [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether, (should) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, appoint the] man [whose name is written in this papyrus and placed] be[fore your great divinity], to the of[fice that is written in] this [same papyrus], (r 7) [he will he plan something b]ad, ev[il ......] (Rest destroyed)
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