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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 068. The King is Back! (ABL 0080) [from astrologers]
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-ahhe-eriba. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. (7) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "From now on you will stay in my entourage; if there is something you want to say, write me" — how would I not stand in front of the king, my lord? To whom else would we be devoted? (r 3) The king, my lord, went away until the fourth month; how could I not be shaken up (when) I cannot look at the king, my lord; why should I not embrace (the ground) where the tracks of the chariot of the king, my lord, pass by, (lon…
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