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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 338. The Akitu Procession of Sin (ABL 0667) [from lamentation priests]
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Ea. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû, Marduk, Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord! (9) On the 17th day Sin sets off and takes up residence in the akītu-temple. Let the king, my lord, order that they give the garments; I should b[ring them] with me. The penitential psalm will be [per]formed ov[er them], he will bless the king, [my lord], and give a life of dis[tant d]ays to the king, [my] lord. (r 3) A bodyguard [should be] sent with me because of [the tr]aitors.
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