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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 234. Mourning Rites (ABL 0026) [from exorcists]
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk]-šakin-šumi. The best of h[ealth] to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! [May they s]ate the king, my lord, with old age and fullness of life! (10) [...] and the night [of the 2]0th day [...... before Si]rius (b.e. 13) (Break) (r 3) If it is convenient, let the king, my lord, put on white clothes on the 20th, and ask for food at a polished table. (r 10) (As) the king, my lord, knows, it is a house of mourning.[From Mard]uk-šakin-šumi.
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