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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 176. Digging a Moat (CT 53 145)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... of] the moat [...] (2) [... o]f the moat against the tower (3) [...] the Isuqa[ean(s)] (4) [...] of the moat against the mountain [...] (5) [... where] three men, where four men, where five [men ...] (6) Perhaps the king, my lord, will s[ay]: "Why [......] the ground like this?" (8) [...] he will reach down (by digging) [...]. (9) [The king], my [lord] knows that [it is] in the hands of the Chaldean. (10) We shall finish [... on the xt]h of Elul (VI) [...] (11) [......] as far as the inside of the mountain [...] (12) [......] came [......] (Rest destroyed)
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