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~730 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 19
SAA 19 049. Should They Cross the River or be Detained? (CTN 5 p. 245)
(1) To the king, my lord: yo[ur] servant Aššur-ila'i. Good he[alth] to the king, [my] lord! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Arrest the caravans! Until [... have ente]red, [nobody] shall cr[oss] the river!" (Break) (r 2) The ...s are coming to meet the king, my lord. Should I let them go to cross the river or detain them? (r 8) Let the king, my lord, write me what (his) orders are.
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