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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 136. Elamite Offensive at Bit-Imbiya (ABL 0781)
(1) Your servant Marduk-naṣir: I would gladly die for the vizier, my lord! May Anu and Ištar bless the vizier, my lord! Say to the vizier, my lord: (6) The caravan from Lahiru arrived on the thirteenth of the month Tammuz (IV). The sons of Ina-tešî-eṭir, from the house of Ṣullulu, brought wool from Bit-Imbiya. (r 1) They say: "Now the palace herald and the entire army of Upper Elam are at Bit-Imbiya. They are crossing a ford on the river Abani." (r 6) I have sent the news to the vizier, my lord. May my lord command at the palace that troops be positioned opposite them at Der until the king has…
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