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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1
SAA 01 013. Pitching Camp on the Elamite Border (CT 53 076)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) "[......] their [......]; come wi[th your troops and encamp in the pass] of Ura[mmu]." (5) [I am writing to you] right now: this suggestion, the [way he put it], is extremely good. You [know] that this pass [leading to] Urammu is [ver]y difficult [to march through]; there is absolutely no way the Elamite [troops] will be able to get at you. Don't be afraid; at the city of Urammu where you are to pitch the camp [there is] a plain which is [very] good for encamping; it is also [very] good for reconnaissance expeditions, there is [much] grass there, and it is a [good]…
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