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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 117. The Son of Yakin in Babylon; May the King’s Messenger Come Quickly (CT 54 023)
(1) [To the king, our lord: your servants Nabû-šumu-lišir] and [Aqar-Bel-lumur]. Go[od health to the king, our lord! Say to] t[he king, our lord: [The fortress] and the troops [of the ki]ng are well. The mood of the people of the land is [good]. The king, [our lord], ca[n b]e gl[ad]. The [...] of the king [...]. (10) Concerning the news of [...], he is well. He is being observed. (12) As to the news of the man of Bit-Yakin: he is in Babylon. (14) Normally, after the [...] of the king have survived and those who are in the [enemy] land deci[de] to go [back to] Assyria [from] the enemy land, a…
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