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~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21
SAA 21 017. Elders of Nippur Visiting the King (ABL 0287)
(1) [The king's word] to the Nipp[urians]: I am well; you can be glad. (4) Concerning Hannana, Rimut, and Aya-ila'i, the Ru'ueans about whom you wrote, it is good that you captured them. Now do not neglect to keep them under guard. (10) And as to what you wrote, "When we, 15 elders, came to visit the king, [half of us] entered [into] the king's [presence but half of us were rej]ected — (16) [it is in the first place the fault of Iss]ar-bani and the fault of the šandabakku and of your prefect, and in the second place of the overseer of the palace, who did not let you into my presence. (r 7) I…
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