~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21
SAA 21 120. May the King Live Forever! (ABL 1400)
(1) [May I hear the well]-being of the king! (2) His [servant] Tammaritu, ki[ng of Elam]: (3) May Bel, Nabû, Aššur, Šamaš, Nin[urta and ..., the god]s of Assyria and Ela[m], love and [bless] the king, my lord! (6) In the same way as the king, my lord, has treated m[e], has done good to m[e], and strengthened [me] more than any (other) people, in accordance with that may al[l] the gods ac[t] in the same way and gi[ve] it to the king, my lord; and may their bow g[o] before the king, [my lord]! (14) May the king, my lord, rule the four quarters of the world! Just as the heaven and earth last…
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