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<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P313561.l015b8"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313561.l015b9"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">EN</c>-ia<anchor type="breakEnd" corresp="#P313561.2.1.0"/></w>
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<w lemma="lū[may//may]MOD" xml:id="P313561.l015bc"><anchor type="breakStart" xml:id="P313561.4.1.0"/>lu</w>
<w lemma="šulmu[completeness//health]N" xml:id="P313561.l015bd"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">DI</c>-mu</w>
<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P313561.l015be">a-na</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P313561.l015bf"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
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<w lemma="adanniš[very much//very much]AV" xml:id="P313561.l015c1"><anchor type="breakStart" xml:id="P313561.5.1.0"/>a—dan-niš</w>
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<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P313561.l015c4"><anchor type="breakStart" xml:id="P313561.6.1.0"/>a-na</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P313561.l015c5"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c><anchor type="breakEnd" corresp="#P313561.6.1.0"/></w>
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<w lemma="karābu[pray//bless]V" xml:id="P313561.l015c7"><anchor type="breakStart" xml:id="P313561.7.1.0"/>lik-ru<anchor type="breakEnd" corresp="#P313561.7.1.0"/>-bu</w>
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<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313561.l015d0">be-li₂</w>
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<w lemma="erēšu[sow//cultivate]V" xml:id="P313561.l015dc">i-ru-šu-u-ni</w>
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<w lemma="akanni[now//now]AV" xml:id="P313561.l015dd">a-ka-an-ni</w>
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<w lemma="libbu[interior//interior]N" xml:id="P313561.l015e5"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">ŠA₃</c>-bi</w>
<w lemma="šū[he//it]IP" xml:id="P313561.l015e6">šu-u</w>
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<w lemma="išātu[fire//lightning]N" xml:id="P313561.l015e7">i-ša₂-tu₂</w>
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<w lemma="ištu[from//from]PRP" xml:id="P313561.l015e9"><c type="sign" subtype="logo"/></w>
<w lemma="maṣû[correspond//correspond]V" xml:id="P313561.l015ea">ma-ṣi</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P313561.l015eb"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
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<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313561.l015ec">be-li₂</w>
<w lemma="qabû[say//say]V" xml:id="P313561.l015ed">iq-bu-u-ni</w>
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<w lemma="āšipu[sorcerer//exorcist]N" xml:id="P313561.l015ee"><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic"><g type="sign" subtype="logo"/></c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">MAŠ</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MAŠ</c></w>
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<w lemma="ša[that//what]REL" xml:id="P313561.l015f7">ša</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P313561.l015f8"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313561.l015f9">be-li₂</w>
<w lemma="šapāru[send//write]V" xml:id="P313561.l015fa">iš-pur-<damageSpan spanTo="#d.P313561.29.4.3"/>an-ni<anchor type="damage" xml:id="d.P313561.29.4.3"/></w>
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<w lemma="mā[saying//saying]PRP" xml:id="P313561.l015fb">ma-a</w>
<w lemma="ūmu[day//day]N" xml:id="P313561.l015fc"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">UD</c>-mu</w>
<w lemma="ištēn[one//one]NU" xml:id="P313561.l015fd"><c type="num">01</c>-en</w>
<w lemma="kīma[like//as soon as]PRP" xml:id="P313561.l015fe">ki-ma</w>
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<w lemma="rīqu[empty//free]AJ" xml:id="P313561.l015ff">ra-qa-ak</w>
<w lemma="ina[in//in]PRP" xml:id="P313561.l01600">ina</w>
<w lemma="pānu[front//front]N" xml:id="P313561.l01601">pa-ni-ia</w>
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<w lemma="erēbu[enter//enter]V" xml:id="P313561.l01602">er-ba</w>
<w lemma="Aššur[1//1]DN" xml:id="P313561.l01603"><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic">d</c>aš-šur</w>
<w lemma="Bel[1//1]DN" xml:id="P313561.l01604"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">EN</c></w>
<w lemma="Nabu[1//1]DN" xml:id="P313561.l01605"><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic">d</c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">PA</c></w>
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<w lemma="ūmu[day//day]N" xml:id="P313561.l01606"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">UD</c>-<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MEŠ</c></w>
<w lemma="arku[long//long]AJ" xml:id="P313561.l01607"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">GID₂</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">DA</c>-<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MEŠ</c></w>
<w lemma="ṭūbu[goodness//goodness]N" xml:id="P313561.l01608"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">DUG₃</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">GA</c></w>
<w lemma="libbu[interior//heart]N" xml:id="P313561.l01609"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">ŠA₃</c>-bi</w>
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<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P313561.l0160a">a-na</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P313561.l0160b"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313561.l0160c"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">EN</c>-ia</w>
<w lemma="tadānu[give//give]V" xml:id="P313561.l0160d">lid-di-nu</w>
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<w lemma="ayyābu[enemy//enemy]N" xml:id="P313561.l0160e">a.a-bi-ka</w>
<w lemma="ina[in//in]PRP" xml:id="P313561.l0160f">ina</w>
<w lemma="šaplu[underside//under]N" xml:id="P313561.l01610">ša₂-pal</w>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span><span type="w">To</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>: <span type="w">your</span> <span type="w">servant</span> <span type="w">Nabû-ahhe-er<span type="r">]</span>iba</span>. <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">Good</span>  <span type="w">health</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span><span type="r">]</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">lord</span>. <span type="w">My</span> <span type="w">Nabû</span> <span type="w">and</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">Marduk</span> <span type="w">bless</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span><span type="r">]</span>, <span type="w">my</span>  <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">lo<span type="r">]</span>rd</span>! </span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span><span type="w">Concerning</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">large</span> <span type="w">field</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">Ass<span type="r">]</span>yrians</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">about</span> <span type="w">which</span> <span type="w">the</span>  <span type="w">king</span><span type="r">]</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">wrote</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">me</span>: "<span type="w">It</span> <span type="w">was</span> <span type="w">a</span> <span type="w">very</span> <span type="w">productive</span> <span type="w">field</span>; <span type="w">who</span> <span type="w">is</span>  <span type="w">removing</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">grain</span>?" <span type="w">—</span> </span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">farmers</span> <span type="w">who</span> <span type="w">seeded</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">fields</span> <span type="w">do</span> <span type="w">not</span> <span type="w">revere</span> <span type="w">Adad</span> <span type="w">any</span> <span type="w">more</span>;  <span type="w">that</span> <span type="w">is</span> <span type="w">why</span> <span type="w">he</span> <span type="w">let</span> <span type="w">a</span> <span type="w">lightning</span> <span type="w">bolt</span> <span type="w">strike</span> <span type="w">down</span> <span type="r">(</span><span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">devastate</span> <span type="w">the</span>  <span type="w">field</span><span type="r">)</span>. </span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">Since</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">commanded</span> <span type="r">(</span><span type="w">so</span><span type="r">)</span>, <span type="w">an</span> <span type="w">exorcist</span> <span type="w">should</span>  <span type="w">perform</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="r">(</span><span type="w">ritual</span> <span type="w">called</span><span type="r">)</span> "<span type="w">Purification</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">Field</span>," <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">he</span> <span type="w">should</span>  <span type="w">at</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">same</span> <span type="w">time</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">also</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">perform</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="r">(</span><span type="w">apotropaic</span> <span type="w">ritual</span> <span type="w">called</span><span type="r">)</span> "<span type="w">Evil</span> <span type="w">of</span>  <span type="w">a</span> <span type="w">Stroke</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">Lightning</span>." </span>
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        <div3 type="tr" xml:id="P313561_project-en.4" n="r 9" xtr:cid="P313561_project-en.1" xtr:lab-start-label="r 9" xtr:lab-start-lnum="9" xtr:rend-label="9" xtr:se_label="SAA 10 069, r 9" xtr:label="r 9" xtr:sref="P313561.29" xtr:eref="P313561.36" xtr:rows="7" subtype="tr">
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">As</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">what</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">wrote</span> <span type="w">me</span>: "<span type="w">Visit</span> <span type="w">me</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">first</span> <span type="w">day</span> <span type="w">I</span>  <span type="w">am</span> <span type="w">unoccupied</span>" <span type="w">—</span> <span type="w">may</span> <span type="w">Aššur</span>, <span type="w">Bel</span> <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">Nabû</span> <span type="w">give</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">long</span> <span type="w">days</span> <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">happiness</span>; <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">may</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">they</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">bring</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">your</span> <span type="w">enemies</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">submission</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">before</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">your</span> <span type="w">feet</span><span type="r">]</span>! </span>
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