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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard that ...] behind the enemy [......]. (2) [Disregard that an u]nclean man or woman [has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean]. (r 1) [Disregar]d that he who touches the forehead of the sheep [is dressed in his] ordi[nary soiled] garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean, (or) [has altered or changed the proceedings]. (r 3) Disregard that the ora[cle query has become jumbled] in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant.Let them be taken out and [put aside]! (r 4) I ask [you, Šamaš, great lord], whether the…
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(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am as[king you]! (2) [Will] the governors, magnates, [soldiers, horses, and army of] Esar[haddon, king of Assyria, in Bit-Kari] (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, fav]orable, propi[tious omens by the oracular command of] your great [divin]ity, [and may I see (them)]. (r 3) [May (this query) go] to your [great] divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (r 5) The middle of the 'station' is split: not good. [......]. (r 6) The lower part is…
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