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~665 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 13
SAA 13 057. Offerings for the Sons of the King (ABL 0606)
(1) [To the king], my [lor]d: [your servant, Urdu]-Nabû. [Good health to the king], my lord. [May Aššur, Sin, Ša]maš, [Marduk, Zarpan]itu, [Nabû, Tašm]etu, [Ištar of Nin]eveh, [and Ištar of Arbe]la — [these great gods who love your kingship — allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. May they grant the king, my lord, the satisfaction of old age, extreme old age]. (Break) (r 1) [The king, my lord], should issue an [or]der for them to bring [offeri]ngs for the king's sons. They should perform them before Tašmetu. I will also bring an offering for burning on the brazier.
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