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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1
SAA 01 181. Guarding the Grain Depots of Chariot Troops (ABL 1070)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-liqbi]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! The watch of the des[ert is strict]; the king, my lord, can be [pleased]. (6) The king my lord ordered [me to] give bread to the chariot troops. Now, (when) [PN] came, I told him [...] but he said: "The king has given orders to me and I will take two [month's worth] of each (provision)." I did not agree to give it to him, so he went and opened a silo in one of my villages, brought in his measurers and poured out [x] sound men's worth of (grain). (15) I went and remonstrated him, saying: "Why did you self-…
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