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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Nanaya. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Ninurta and Gula give happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord! (8) Concerning the rash about which the king, my lord, [wrote to m]e: "[With what] should they ano[int] my [...]? (When) [...] is finished, the r[ash] subsides for the rest of the day" — (r 3) the king should rub himself with bird fat; it should protect the king from drafts. The clean water with which the king regularly washes his hands in the washbowl should not be hot. The rash will soon be gone (if the king acts i…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Nanaya. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Ninurta and Gula give happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord! (8) The baby is much better. I fastened an absorptive dressing on this abscess behind his ear, it rested loosely against its tip. (15) Yesterday evening I opened the lint by which it was attached and removed the dressing on it. There was pus as much as the tip of (one's) little finger on the dressing. (r 9) By your gods, nobody had laid hands upon it — he gave his word (for it). He is very well; the king, my lord, ca…
Daily LifeEconomy