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~715 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 15

SAA 15 289. Envelope of no. 288 (ABL 0383)

(1) [To the deputy (governor)], my lord: (seal impression) (2) [your servant Aš]šur-reṣiwa. (seal impression)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 389. (no title)

(1) [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning what the king, [my lord, wrote to me]: "Why is [the ......] delay[ed]?" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 391. (no title)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) "they will g[o ......] (r 2) they will dra[g ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 2

Sargon II 004

Continued from several unpreserved slabs (1') I shattered their very strong walls [wi]th a mighty battering ram, leveling (them) to the gr[ou]nd. I took as booty [the people], [together] with their property. I destroyed, demolished, (and) burned down those cities with fire. (3') The people of the cities Sukkia, Bāla (and) Abitikna conceived (lit.: “deliberated”) an evil plan [that] was to eradicate (lit.: “to tear out the root of”) (their own) land and [g]ave [the]ir word to Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, to do obeisance (to him). Because of the crime that they had committed, I deported them…

SAA 15 289. Envelope of no. 288 (ABL 0383)

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