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~665 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 13
SAA 13 064. It is Not Our Work (ABL 0495)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-Nabû. Good health [to the king], my lord. May Aššur, Sin, Ša[maš, Bel], Zarp[anitu, Nabû], Ta[šmetu, Ištar of] Ni[neveh, and Ištar of Arbela — these great gods who love your kingship — allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. May they grant the king, my lord, the satisfaction of old age, extreme old age]. (Break) (r 2) t[o .....] (r 3) not [......] (r 4) The 1st day we dr[opped it]. (r 5) It is not our work — (r 6) (it is) nothing. (r 7) The king, my lord, can be glad.
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