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~695 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

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Sennacherib 212

(1) The Seal of Destinies [by which] (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, seals (the destinies of) the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the heavens, the netherworld, and man[kind]. (6) Whatever he seals cannot be changed. Whoever (tries to) change (what he seals), may (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, (and) the goddess Mullissu, together with their children, kill him with their mighty weapons. (11) I am Sennacherib, king of [As]syria, the ruler who reveres you. (13) Whoever erases (my) [inscr]ibed name (or) alters this Seal of Destinies belonging to you, erase his name (and) his seed from the land.

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~695 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 3

Sennacherib 213

(1) Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, true shepherd, favorite of the great gods, guardian of truth who loves justice, renders assistance, goes to the aid of the weak, (and) strives after good deeds, perfect man, virile warrior, foremost of all rulers, the bridle that controls the insubmissive, (and) the one who strikes enemies with lightning: (4) The god Aššur, the great mountain, granted to me unrivalled sovereignty and made my weapons greater than (those of) all who sit on (royal) daises. (5) At the beginning of my kingship, after I sat on the lordly…

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