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701–750 of 1931
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(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me] a firm positive answer [to what I am asking yo]u! (2) [The lady NN, who is placed before] your gre[at divinity, who is now il]l, [and on whom] the 'hand' of [Nanaya is being placed in extispicy], (whom) your great divinity [knows] — (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram], place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your] great [divinity, and may I see (them)]. (r 3) [May (this query) go to your] great [divinity], O Šamaš, [great] lord, [and may an oracle be] given as an answer.
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [who is now ill, and on whom the 'hand' of N]anaya [...] (2) [whom your great divinity] know[s] — (3) [in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord], and your favo[rable] decisions, (4) [...... the 'hand' of] Nanaya (Rest destroyed)
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