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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-ahhe-eriba. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (6) Concerning the crown prince about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me saying that the crown [prince should visit the k]ing, my [lo]rd, (and asking) "Is the 1st of Nisan (I) favourable?" — (12) On the 1st of Nisan (I) he should c[leanse and p]urify [oneself], make his food offering to Marduk, libate water and first-quality beer to the right and to the left; (then) this man will shine like the sun. (18) On the 2nd he should not go into the street. (19) On…
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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-ahhe-eriba]. [Good health to the k]ing, my lord! May [Nabû] and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) Concerning the report on the lunar eclipse about which the king, my lord, wrote to me — they used to receive and introduce all astrological reports into the presence of the father of the king, my lord. Afterwards, a man whom the father of the king, my lord, knew, used to read them to the king in a qirsu on the river bank. Nowadays it should be done as it (best) suits the king, my lord. (Remainder lost)
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