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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1
SAA 01 138. The Wall Behind the Image of Ištar Collapses (ABL 1178)
(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant Ama]r-ili. (3) [As to the ... wall behind] (the image) of Ishtar [of which the king my lord] told (me): "Place the symbol [where it] goes up and [...]; if the wall is leaning, write me" — (10) Now on the 4th, the wall caved in by itself. [PN] and the master-builders [came] to see it, and they said: "[The wall] is ruined; let them remove [...] and change [...]. The [...] that the king ord[ered ...]." (19) A wall which [...] which the king [...] knows! [All] is well, [the king my lord can be] gl[ad]. (Break) (r 15) He should go [...]. [As far as] the wal…
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