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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 097. Consecrating a Priest (CT 53 149) [from astrologers]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) May [the goddess DN] subdue [......]; may she day after day, month after month and year after year present the king, my lord, with rejoicing, pride, joy, jubilation and merry mood. (5) The driller, whom your royal father shaved, used to enter the ablution chamber, and your royal father put him in charge of the statues as well. Now, he died in Elul (VI). He has left a son (who) is a novice and 'stands with his hair.' Now, if it is acceptable to the king, my lord, let them shave him. The king, my lord, knows that these are the days of the ritual — that is why I am…
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