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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 126. Feeding the Troops (ABL 0243)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-belu-uda''an. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (5) On the 22nd day, I said: "I'll go and see the eyes of the king, my lord," (when) I met Kakkullanu the royal bodyguard, (who) turned me back from the town [A]lite, saying: "G[o] and release your troops: i[f] they do not go, [the] men will die of hunger!" (13) [...], I g[ave them] 5 months worth of stored grain; I also gave them 1 litre of oil, 1 litre of [bread, and 1 li]tre of cress [...]. (18) [La]ter on, I de[parted ...... t]o the troop[s]; (20) they…
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