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(b.e. 1) To the king, [my lord]: (2) (This is) your servant Aha-lurš[i, your adorer], who [daily] prays [to Bel and Nabû] for the life of the king, [his lord]. May Nabû and Marduk [bless the king, my lord]! (5) As to what the king my lord wrote to me: "[As soon as the work has been finished] and the god has taken his seat (in the temple), [come to my presence]!" — (7) Mardî the eunuch said: "I [shall go; instead of] your going, stay and off[iciate here so that when ......] and the god takes his seats [......], you can recite the proper formulae" — (10) I told [him], however: "Write down [in a…
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(1) The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Sin and Nergal bless the king, my lord! (5) (This is from) your servant Hunnî, an adorer of the king his lord. (7) All the temples and palaces of Assyria are well; the crown prince Sennacherib is well; all the princes [who are in] Assyria are well; [the king], my lo[rd, can be very gl]ad [indeed]. (Break) (r 1) May he see the workmanship of the temples of his gods and kiss their beautiful feet; may those (gods) whose temples you have made shine like sunrise, bless the king my lord, and may we, the royal servants, ki…
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