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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10
SAA 10 246. Rituals for the Royal Family (ABL 1126) [from exorcists]
(Beginning lost) (2) May [the king] lift [their] grandchildren [into his lap]! (3) [As to what the king, my lord, said:] "Will you not enter? Will she not perform (the ritual) [in your presence]?" — I shall enter and stay as long as the ki[ng, my lord], said, and she may perform it in my presence. (7) Concerning what the king, my lord, said about [the clothes]: "W[here] will the clothes be placed?" or about the people: "Why will the people be present?" — the clothes should be placed before Šamaš, and she should 'cast the solvents' upon them. A sacred woman will be there to perform a certain…
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