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(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [may he forbid him to wal]k [in temple and palac]e, [and in the wrath of god and k]ing [may a] blo[odstained] weap[on await him]. May [the dogs tear apart his corpse as it lies unbu]ried. (r 5) [Neither king] nor prince [shall alter] the wording of this t[ablet]. [By] Aššur, Adad, [Ber], the Assyrian [Enl]il and the [Assyrian] Iš[tar]: [A fut]ure [prince shall not cast aside] the wording of [this] tablet. Aššur, Adad, [Ber], the Assyrian Enlil and [the Assyrian Ištar will hear] your pra[yer]. (Rest destroyed)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
(1) [Aššur-et]el-[ilani ......, overseer; son of As]surbanipa[l ......, overseer; son of Esar]haddon [......, likewise overseer]. (royal seal impressions) (4) [Af]te[r my father and begetter had depa]rted, [no father brought me up or taught me to spre]ad my wing[s, no m]other cared for me or saw to my educa[tion], (7) Sin-š[umu-lešir], the chief eunuch, one who had deserved well of [my] father and begetter, who had led me [constantly] like a father, installed [me] safely on the throne of my father and begetter and made the people of Assyria, great and small [......, keep watch over m]y…
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