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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 04 085. Fragment Similar to No. 84 [military and political]

[......] ... [... I ask you, Šamaš, great lord: give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!] [Concerning] this [matter of the query]: [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria] — [from] the beginning of this year until [the month of Tammuz (IV) of this] year, [with]in that ... , days (and) ni[ghts, the stipulated term] — should they take [the road] and the highway and [march to Egypt (Muṣru)], and come [safely] to Nineveh, an[d ......]? [Be present in th]is [ram], pla[ce (in it)] [a firm positive answer], favorable, propitious [fles]hes of the oracular query, by [the command of your great divi…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] ... ṣu ...[......] (2) [......]... -šu (blank) [......] (3) [Disregard that ......] the forces of Esarhaddon [(Aššur-aḫu-iddina), king of Assyria, ......] (4) [Disregard that ......] they bring him back, (being) ill, [(and that) they experience the hardship of the journey]. (5) [Disregard that ...... an evil god], an evil goddess [......] (6) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the] sacrificial sheep [of the offering], (7) [or has blocked the way] before [the sacrificial sheep]. (8) [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near t…

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 16 081. Jewellery for the King (ABL 0847)

To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-sagib, son of Paruṭu, the goldsmith of the household of the queen. Good health to the king, [my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk bless [the] king, my lord! [For x] years, from the house of [.........] they have been questioning me. [.........] of the month [...]. [..................] silver: a pappardilû-stone, three fingers in its width, (and) a DAG.GAZ-piece of igizaggû-stone — I gave (them) to Matanaḫ-ili, the porter, and a letter along with (them), saying: "Deliver (it) to the king, my lord!" Whether he has delivered it, or whether he has not delivered…

SAA 04 085. Fragment Similar to No. 84 [military and political]

SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]

SAA 16 081. Jewellery for the King (ABL 0847)

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