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(1) [Šam]aš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking y[ou]! (2) [Es]arhaddon, king of Assyria, who now is intent on send[ing to the destin]ation of his preference [the troops and armed forces wh]ich are written in this papyrus, and [placed before your great divinity, and (whom) your great divinity knows] — (5) [in accor]dance with the command of your great divinity, Šam[aš], great lord, and your [favor]able decisions, should the subject of this query, [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], strive and plan? [Should he send] these troops and armed forces to where he wishes? Is…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] at his dis[posal ......] (2) [...... the arm]y of Esarhaddon, [king of Assyria], (3) [......] an attac[k ......] (4) [......] the han[ds of ......] (Rest destroyed)
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