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~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21
SAA 21 007. God has Commanded the Destruction of the Land of Akkad (ABL 1165)
Beginning destroyed (1) your [...]s have been seized and despised in my name, your houses have been destroyed for my sake. (4) We did not know (about it, and so) did not overwhelm (them); wie had been asleep (but) we woke up and caused the army to attack. (6) From the beginning, why and for what reason did he do what he did? And the rebels who devised this plot, what fortune did they gain for themselves? Perhaps God himself has commanded the destruction of the Land of Akkad. What can we say? [...] before God. (r 4) [I shall do] as Aššur, Marduk and my [gods] enable me (to do). (r 6) Truly, he…
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