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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Will whatever is written in this papyrus] and placed [before] your great [divinity be successfully] accomplished? (3') (Break) (r 1) [.....] within [...] (r 2) [......] much [...] (Rest destroyed)
Religion & Myth
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in] his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, (or) anointed himself with [anything unclean, (or) has altered] or changed [the proceedings]. (r 4) [Disregard that I, the] haruspex your servant, [am dressed in] my ordinary [soiled] garments, have s[een f]ear and terror [at night, or have] jumbled [the oracle query in my mouth].Let them be taken out [and put aside]! (r 7) [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord], whether the th[ings written on this papyrus and placed] before your great divinity [will be…