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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1
SAA 01 124. Fending off Accusations (ABL 0190)
(1) [To] the king, my lord: your servant Kiṣir-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the houses of the recruitment officers, about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The houses are already built, you are deceiving me in order to give them to your servants!" — (8) as if I did not tell the truth to the king, my lord! Let a royal eunuch who will tell the king my lord the truth come and have a look at these houses of the recruitment officers! If they are already built, let him go and tell it to the king, my lord, and let the king, my lord, hold his report to my discredit and say:…
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