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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 171. Fragment Referring to Extispicies and a Treaty (CT 53 266)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] the king, [my] lo[rd, ...] (2) [... I sai]d to him, "[...] (3) [...] I said, "Soon [...] (4) [...] we will [...] with each other." (5) [PN ... t]o Nabû-ahhe-šallim, th[e ...], (6) [...], saying: "[...] a lamb [...] (7) [...] "I am a servant of the king; [if] (8) [it] is acceptable [to the king, let] Nabu-taklak, the haruspex [...]." (9) [...] they sl[aughtered] lambs [......] (10) [...] I raged at h[im], (11) [bou]nd [...], and [made] a treaty w[ith him] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 172. (no title)
(Beginning destroyed) (3) [... wro]te to me (Break) (r 2) [...] ... the ch[ief ...] (r 3) [wh]y did[n't] he explain [...] (r 5) [...] they have brought
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 173. Enthroning a Substitute King
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] they [......] (2) "[They] are not enthro[ning] anybody [......] (3) "[h]ere. The day before yesterday the gods [......] (4) "I placed. Another ma[tter: When] (5) "you were in my presence [......] (6) your [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 174. (no title) (CT 53 528)
(1) To the king, my lord: yo[ur] servant [Nabû]-zeru-iddina. Good [health to the k]ing, [m]y l[ord! May Nabû, Mardu]k, [Sîn, Nikkal and] Nusku bless the king, m]y [lord]. (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 175. Fragment of a Horse Report (CT 53 437)
(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant, Nabû-šumu]-iddina. [Very good health ind]eed [to the king, my lord]! [May Nabû and Mard]uk [bless the king], my [lord]. (7) [x h]orses [trained to the yo]ke [have come i]n [from the comman]der-in-chief (Break) (r 8) [What are the written instru]ctions [of the king], my lord?
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 176. Fragment of a Horse Report (CT 53 551)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) here [...] (2) any [...] (3) trained to the yoke [...] (4) riders [...] (5) the king, my lord, [...] (6) when [......] (7) we [......] (Break) (r 3) [The king, my lord, can be] gla[d]. (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 178. (no title) (CT 53 218)
(1) [......] ... (2) [Good health to the kin]g, m[y] lord! (3) [May DNN bless the k]ing, my lord. (4) [May they give ...] (5) [ ... t]o the king, m[y] lord. (6) [May I s]ee your [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 179. (no title) (ABL 1152)
(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Inurta-[...]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! May Aššur and [Ištar] bl[ess] the king, my lord. (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 182. (no title) (CT 53 263)
(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant DN]-šumu-uṣur. (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 184. Fragment Referring to Building Activities (CT 53 309)
(1) [To the king, my] lo[rd: yo]ur [servant PN. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord! May Nabû] and M[arduk ble]ss [the king, my lord]. (5) The [... of the kin]g, m[y] lord, [is well]. (Break) (r 1) [...] no[w ...] (r 2) [...] there [...] (r 3) [Now t]hen [...] (r 4) [...] has been buil[t ...] (r 5) We [...] closed [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 185. (no title) (CT 53 317)
(Beginning destroyed) (3) Good [health to the king, my lord! May DNN] b[less the king, my lord]. (6) [Conc]erning [the ......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 186. (no title) (CT 53 162)
(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû (and) Mard[uk bless the king, my lord]. (Break) (r 3) nob[ody ......] is [...] (r.e. 5) They have fle[d ......]
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 187. (no title) (CT 53 570)
(1) T[o the king, my lord: your] servant [PN]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king]. (5) As to the [......] (6) the chi[ef ......] (7) I as[ked ......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 188. (no title)
(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! May Nabû (and) Mar[duk] bl[ess the king, my lord]. (Break) (r 2) [The king, my lord, can be] glad. (r 3) Let [them] sen[d me] whatev[er] was not detached [from ...].
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 189. (no title) (CT 53 650)
(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good healt[h to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king], my lord. (6) [Ye]sterda[y I said ...]: "Let me co[me ...]" (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 191. (no title)
(1) [T]o the king, [my lord]: your [ser]vant [PN. G]ood health t[o the king, my lord]! [M]ay Bel and Nabû bles[s the king, my lord]. (Break) (8) much [...] (9) The king [said] to [the ...] (10) (and) to the [...] (officials): (11) "[...] me wine from [...] (Break) (r 5) They will catch [the enemies o]f the king from the land of [...] (r 6) and [...] (r 7) from/with [...] (Break) (r 12) [...] the gods [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 193. (no title)
(1) To [the king, m]y [lord]: yo[ur] servant [PN]. Good [health to the kin]g, my lord! [May] Aššur, [DN], Marduk, Ištar [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 194. (no title) (CT 53 652)
(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant PN]. May [the gods of] heaven bless [the king, my lord]. (5) [...... the k]ing, my lord (Break) (r 1) [...] my [...] (r 2) [...... the ki]ng, my lord [......]
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 195. (no title) (CT 53 657)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [May DNN grant lon]g [days, everlasting] yea[rs, happiness and phy]sical [well-being] to the kin[g, our lord. May they give him ...] descendants and a l[ong reign]! (4) [Concerning what the kin]g, our lord, wrote t[o us ...] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 199. Report on Work (ABL 1055)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) they are guard[ing ...] (3) As to what the king, my lord wr[ote to me]: "Let them do [...] wor[k] until the 20th. [...] their work [...]." (7) On the 3rd day of the mon[th ...] (8) they came [......] (9) a bodyguard [...] (Break) (r 2) They will set to [work and do it].
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 200. All the Lands Belong to the King (ABL 1139)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [......] we will c[ome ...] (r 3) [......] with [...] (r 4) [All the lands] from where the sun rise[s to where] it sets be[long] to the king. (r 6) [The people] of all the lands [are] obedient to [the king]. (r 7) The eunuchs (and) the bearded court[iers] eat bread [under the king's protection ...] (r 9) [...] and in the houses [...] (r 10) [...] quickly ... [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 201. Revering the King (ABL 1144)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) saying: "I [will ...] in the palace. One of you [...]." (3) In the reign of your father, (when) our grandfather went up (there), they revered the king. (r 2) Last year, (when) he passed by, they revered the king, my lord. But now they ref[use] to rev[ere] the king. (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 202. Go and Ask! (ABL 1158)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) The king, my lord, t[old me]: "On the 28th you will g[o] (and) ask!" Now, what is it that the king, my lord, [commands]? (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 204. Glazing Bricks (ABL 1310)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the] commander-in-chief (3) [......] they say (4) [......] ... (5) [......] they do (6) [...... I] said (7) [......] with the king (8) [......] I (and) the brick masons (9) [......] the chief ... (10) [... have gla]zed [bricks] (11) [...] there are (12) [...] the king made clear (13) [...] asked (14) [...] ... (r 1) [...] we asked (r 2) [...] they said: "2 or 3 (r 3) [...] there are (r 4) [...] with(in) 2 or 3 (r 5) [...] we will go and [...] the face (r 6) [...] said (r 7) [...] in its place (r 8) [...] We shall clear up (who is) a friend (r 9) [... and] tell…
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 205. Appointing Guards (CT 53 109)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) I ap[point]ed two guards and two [...s] in their service. Concerning their bread I made it very clear that they are to bring the [...] down where [there are] shelters. (r 7) [Now] Marduk-remanni [..., say]ing: "The servants of the city [GN ...] our [wo]rk." (r 10) [He we]nt off [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 206. (no title) (CT 53 189)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now then, we have seen [the ...] of the palace who produce the [...]. There is [...] (Break) (r 3) The king, [my lord], should not [be concerned] about it. (r 5) We [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 207. Promoting Chariot Drivers and ‘Third Men’ (CT 53 249)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] my [......] (2) [......] to the cro[wn] prince [...] (3) As soon as your gods [have ...ed] the face of the king, my lord, the king, my lord, will see his statement: a servant who is loyal [to his lord], a servant who [...]s the [...] of h[is lord], a servant who [falls] and die[s] on behalf the house of h[is] lords. (7) Now, if on [... the ch]ariot-driver(s) and the 'third men' [com]e before the king, [my] lo[rd], let him be promoted. As to [...], let the overseer of the [...] write [the names of two ch]ariot-drivers and two 'third men' on [...], so that [...] (…
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 209. (no title) (CT 53 270)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... t]he cohort commander [...] (r 1) [...] hith[er] (r 2) [...] wine (r 3) [...] refined [s]ilver (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 211. Should I Come to Calah? (CT 53 292)
(Obverse destroyed) (r 1) Should I come to Cal[ah]? (r 3) What is it that the king, [my l]ord, commands?
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 212. Good Advice (CT 53 294)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now [......] (2) I said: "[......] (3) of [your]se[lf ...] (4) I said: "[......] (5) [......] (6) I said: "Wh[y ...] (7) the king [......] (r 1) [......] (r 2) [He sa]id: "Wh[y don't you agree] (r 3) "to feed an aṣūdu-bowl [to ...]? O[f ...] (r 5) of the deputy [...] (r 6) Why [......] (Break) (e. 1) [The ...]s of the king [...]. (e. 2) That is a ve[ry] good advice.
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 214. (no title) (CT 53 377)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] the kin[g ...] (2) [w]ent [...] (r 1) [......] the messe[nger] (r 2) [...] wrote me (r 3) [... w]hen (r 4) [......] the [w]al[l] (r 6) [...] those [...]s (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 215. (no title) (CT 53 381)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your] servant [PN], the sc[ribe of ...]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! (Break) (r 2) Ṣalam-šarri-[iqbi] (r 3) the chief [......] (r 4) bro[ught me (...)]
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 216. (no title) (CT 53 456)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Previ]o[usly] (2) [......] (3) the [... o]f the [...] official (4) said: "[...] ... [......]" (6) Now he has go[ne around ......] (7) set ou[t ......] (8) they sell [......] (9) Previously [......] (10) they used to knit [......] (11) dark-blue wool [......] (12) bast [......] (Break) (r 4) to [......] (r 5) [......] (r 6) the ex[empts ...] (r 7) has ta[ken ......] (r 8) let [......] (r 9) [......] (r 10) [their] work [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 217. (no title) (CT 53 475)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... wi]th the king, my lord (2) [......] upon (3) [......] terrible (4) [......] scribe (Break) (r 1) his [...] before [......] (r 2) [which] I am hauling [...] (r 3) [...] ... [...] (r 4) [.. the kin]g, my lord [...] (r 5) [...] ... [...] (r 6) [s]aid [......] (r 7) [...] Aššu[r ... the R]ear [Palace] (r 8) [...] lords[hip ...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 218. Who is This Goldsmith? (CT 53 488)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good hea]lth to the king, [my lord]! May Nabû and Mar[duk] bless the king, m[y] lord. (7) As to the go[ld]smith about whom the king sai[d]: "Who is he?" (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 219. (no title) (CT 53 539)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] I [...] (r 2) [...] the king, [my] lo[rd], broug[ht] (me) my [..., saying: "Let yo]ur [...] with you!" (r 6) [The king], my [lor]d pla[c]ed (r 7) [...] of ... (r 8) [... which I] saw (r 9) [... The king], my [lor]d, should [know it]. (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 221. (no title) (CT 53 654)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Let him br[ing ......] (2) here [......] (3) let him take [......] (4) of/which the kin[g ......] (5) to [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 222. (no title) (CT 53 655)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... to] the king, [my] lord (2) [...... t]o greet [...] (3) I saw the [... of the king, m]y [lord] (4) [...... the kin]g, my lord (Break) (r 1) [......] because of [......] (r 3) [...... t]o the king (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 223. It is a Royal Order (CT 53 669)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] eyes [...] (3) [...] He said: "It is a royal order (4) [...] me ... [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 225. Sold for Money (CT 53 690)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] saying, "Why [has ... sold the ...] of my lord's household for money [...]?" (3) [...] sent, placed, and ca[me ...] (4) [......] saying, "[......]" (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 226. (no title) (CT 53 696)
(1) [...... the ki]ng (2) [......] Nabû (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 227. (no title) (CT 53 698)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) 5 [......] (2) all this [......] (3) that [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 228. (no title) (CT 53 705)
(1) [To the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Kabtî [...] has said: "[......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 229. We Shall Stay Awake (CT 53 713)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] we shall stay awake (Break) (r 2) [......] month (r 3) [......] him (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 230. (no title) (CT 53 714)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Concerning what the kin]g, my lord, [pr]eviousl[y wrot]e to me [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 245. (no title)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the o]ther ones [...] (2) [...] we do [n]ot know. N[ow the]n, the king (4) [... i]mage [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16
SAA 16 246. (no title)
(1) The very [best of health] to the kin[g, my lord]! (3) [May] Na[bû ......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4
Esarhaddon 003
(i 1') [...] ... [...] they reared [...] they ordered him to his [...]ship [...] ... they went and (i 5') (No translation possible) (i 16') [... Nabû-zēr-kitti-lī]šir, [...] ... [...] ... heard [of the approach of] my campaign and fled like [a fox t]o the land Ela[m]. (i 20′) [Be]cause of the oath of the great gods [which] he had transgressed, the gods [Aš]šur, Sîn, Šamaš, B[ēl], and Nabû imposed a grievous [punishme]nt on him and they [ki]lled him with the sword [in the mi]dst of the land Elam. Naʾid-Marduk, his brother, (i 25′) saw [the] deeds that they had done [to] his brother in Elam,…
Religion & Myth~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4
Esarhaddon 004
(i' 1') (No translation warranted) (i' 2') [Moreover, I struck with] the sword [Teušpa, a Cimmeri]an, [a barbarian whose home is remote, together with his entire army, in the territory of the land Ḫub]ušnu. (i' 5') [The one who treads on the necks of the people of Cili]cia, [mountain dwellers who live in inaccessible mountains in the neighborhood] of the land Tabal, [evil Hittites, who from earliest days had not been] submissive to the yoke — [I surrounded, conquered, plundered, demolished, destroy]ed, (and) burned with fire [twenty-one of their fortified cities and small cities in] their…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4
Esarhaddon 006
(i 1) [...] ... [... I cried out in] mourning, [I raged like a lion, and my] mood [became furio]us. [In order to exercise kingship (over) the house of my father I beat] my hands together. [I prayed to the gods Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Bēl, Nabû, and Nergal], Ištar of Nineveh, (and) [Ištar of Arbela and they accepted] my word(s). [With their firm ‘yes’], they were sending me [reliable omen(s), (saying): ‘Go! Do not hold back! We] will go and [kill your enemies].’ (i 9b') I did [not] hesitate [one day (or) two days. I did not wait for my army. I did not] look [for my rear guard. I did not check the…
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