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(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me a fi[rm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [Should Assurbanipal, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, str]ive and plan? Should he send [Ša-Nabû-šû, chief eunuch, with men, hors]es, and an army, as great as he wishes, [to the city ... in the district of Ellipi], and should they go? (5) [If he, having planned, sends] him, and he sets up [camp against the city ...], will he also be able to set up [camp wherever he wishes] in the district [of Ellipi]? (7) [Will Ša-Nabû-šû, chief eunuch, with the army a]t his [disposal], escape from Ellipian troops,…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Will Ša-Nabû-šû, chief eunuch, with his army escape] from [...ian troops, ...ian troops, Median troops], Cimmer[ian troops, or any other enemy, will they be saved, survive], be we[ll? Will they evade them and get out], (5) [will they achieve] victory [and power? Will the chief eunuch and his army return] safely [and set foot on Assyrian soil]? (7) [Does] your great di[vinity know it? Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity], Šamaš, great lord? [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (9) [Disreg]ard…
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