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P236996: priestly-letter tablet

Neo-Assyrian Oracc

Obverse

Akkadian

u ba x x x x x x x x#+[x x x]

AI Translation

and ......

Human

and ......

Bottom

Akkadian

a-na (m)_tuk_-szi—_dingir lu-tu_—É szA (d)_en#_ [x x x]

lu-sze-bi-la szA (m)(d)_en_—_pab_-ir# [x x x]

AI Translation

to Rashil, the household manager of Bel .

Send me the letter of Bel-nashir .

Human

let him send ... to Rashil, the clergyman of Bel ....

As for what Bel-nashir, the ...-official of the king, said, I summoned him .......

Reverse

Akkadian

ina _sza#_-bi—_uru_ ina É-_szar-ra_ ki#-i szA al-x#+[x x x] _gisz-sar#_ szA ina _szu_ x gi(?) kur(?) ru li#-[x] [x x] _lugal_ ki-i szA i-[le-'u-u x x x x]

AI Translation

In the Inner City, in Esharra, as I ..., the garden which is in the hand of ... ... the king should do as he deems best.

Human

As soon as I ... into the Inner City, into Esharra, the garden, which is under the authority of ... The king should do as he deems best.