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~665 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 13
SAA 13 127. The Statues Require Gold, Copper and Lapis Lazuli (ABL 0531)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant, Nabû-bani-ahhe. Good health to the king, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. (5) The gold statue is now finished. The gold for the copper statue has arrived. Let whomever the king, my lord, commands, come and weigh it out, so we can apply it. (11) The ... with which they weigh(ed) the gold are in the treasury, a sealed building. When whomever the ki[ng, my lord], is going to send [comes], let him bring a seal(ed order) with him, and we[igh out] the gold [for the statue] with it. (r 3) [They] are ask[ing me] about the lapis lazuli. I…
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