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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1
SAA 01 039. Gidgidanu and the Building of Dur-Šarruken (ABL 1177)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) ......] the exempts [...... to] the king, my lord. (4) [As to] Gidgidanu [and his brothers about whom the] king my lord wrote to me: "[Let th]em be [br]ought here!" — (6) [When he heard of this, he became sc]ared and [......] the gods, saying: "Let me go and [petition] the king [......] to give me [......] let me [go] to Arbela." He has come [now and is] in Dur-[Šarruken], doing [his work]. His brothers again [... have] not [gone out] of Dur-Šarruken, [they have not set] foot anywhere at all but are present and [do] their work. (16) [As to] Marduk-remanni [and the…
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