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~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21
SAA 21 066. Send Me This Traitor, Nabû-bel-šumati! (ABL 0972)
Beginning destroyed (1') and [...] salt and cress [......] (2') "Should he have come to me first, he would have seen whether I am a peacemaker, the man who gave (him) his land, his gods, and his kingship!" And is a fornicating dog, who bit me a peacemaker? (7') As to what you said: "What have I done to the king of Assyria, that he should have treated me in this way?" — (9') send me this traitor who is in your presence, the ... of idiocy, Nabû-bel-šumati [...]! All this [misfortune] of yours is due to him; he is the cause of everything, and he brings it to you [...]. (r 1) Concerning what…
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~660 BCE
