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~730 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 19
SAA 19 045. Building Works in Damascus (CTN 5 p. 181)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [not] yet [......] (3) 1,000 (bricks) the [... official] (4) ... [...] (5) We are building [......]. We have finish[ed] the ci[ty wall] and are digging [the moat]. (7) As t[o the news] of Damasc[us, PN], the commander-of-fifty of Ata[...], has ru[n away] to me. [I am herewith sen]di[ng him to] the king, [my] l[ord ...] (Break) (r 2) [..., sa]ying: "[... I have g]one up fr[om ...]; (thus) they should go up accordingly." (r 4) (But) from who[m] I am to give him barley? (r 6) Let the k[ing, my lord], write me [how much barley there] is left. (r 8) The kin[g ......] (r 9)…
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