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(Beginning destroyed) (3) I did not draw together [......] of my heart, [......] (4) [The princes] who had fled before me [...... and] concerning [whom] Teumman [had sent] ...[......], [who had s]at [...] and grasped my feet, I [......]. (7) He g[athered] the [... force]s of Elam; and [although] I had not done to him [evil], he [...... and planned for] ... and the conquest of my land. (10) [......] a banquet before [......] ...: "Do not go!" (11) But he [...] the forces of [Elam] and marched on, saying: "I will not [sleep until] I have come and din[ed] in the centre of Nineveh!" (14) When I…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... I am Sennach]erib, the [circumspect] kin[g ......] who revered the gods of heaven and the go[ds of Assyria ......] (2) [In] my intense prayers and righteous[ness I daily spoke with my heart], saying: "Who [can comprehend] any of the deeds [of the gods]? Let me introduce into myself reverence for [their godhead], seize the shaft [of their (yoke), .......], frequent [their holy places], and l[et me ......]." (7) While thus [reverently] pondering [in my heart] over the deeds of the gods, the death of Sargon, [my father, who was slain in the enemy country] and…
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