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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 110. The Son of Yakin Will not Come for the New Year’s Festival (CT 54 111)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] each other [...] (2) [...... h]e wen[t ...] (3) [......] the Kiši[tes ...] (4) [......] at the foot [...] (5) [......] the Borsi[ppeans, the Sippareans] (and) the Cuthae[ans, saying]: "This year the son of Yak[in] will not come [in] the month Nisan (I)." [He ga]ve [the order]: "The king of Elam has held him back, but you, come yourself and sacrifice your lambs!" (11) I have made inqui[ries]. After he wrote to the son of Yakin, Kuttiya, the son of Šarrani, wanted to return to his presence. He did not [agree but] gave him [40] minas of silver and spoke to him…
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