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am Azati Waddas, the Sun

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God's man, servant of Tarhunzas,

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whom Awariku, King of Adonawa,

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made great. Tarhunzas

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made me mother and father

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to Adonawa, and I caused

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Adonawa to prosper. I

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extended the plain of Adonawa on the

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one hand toward the west and on

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the other hand toward the east. And

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in my days Adonawa had

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all good things, plenteous and

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luxury. I filled

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the Paharian granaries and I made

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horse upon horse and I made

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army upon army and I made

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shield upon shield, all

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with the help of Tarhunzas and the

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gods. It

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is left to me to tell the

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tale of the evils that plagued Adonawa,

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the land that the men of Asur call

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Kwe, of the fall

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of my own Lord Awariku, and

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of the men of Hattie, and

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of Aram, and of the men

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of Asur as well. So

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in sight of Tarhunzas and the gods,

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sit with me upon the ground

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as I tell sad stories of

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the death of kings. How

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some have been deposed, some slain

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in war, some haunted by

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the Itimu of those they have deposed,

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some taking poison

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all murdered. I

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begin in the seventh year of Sargon,

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great king, strong king, king

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of the world, king of Assyria,

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king of the four corners of

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the earth. In

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the days of my lord Awariku

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of Kwe, the king of Assyria

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was our father and mother, and

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Kwe and Asur made one house,

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and my lord was ever faithful to

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King Sargon. Adana

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and Kalhu were far apart, but

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the men of Asur were always

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close, and they rendered help to

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us in time of need. In

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that year two evils came to our

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land. The first

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was Midas, king of the

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land Phrygia, whose armies were

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vast and I was hungry,

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and who took from us

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our fortresses of Haruah, Ushnanis,

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and Kumasi. At

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the same time our coast

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was plagued by savage Aionians, whose

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abode is situated in the middle of

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the fee, and who from the distant

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past have killed the people of the

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land of Kwe. King

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Sargon heard the pleas of my

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lord Awariku, and he himself went

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down to the sea in ships

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against them and struck them down

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with the sword, both

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young and old. In

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the same year the king brought

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about the defeat of Midas, king

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of the land Phrygia, in his

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own wide district, and

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restored to their former status the

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fortresses of our land that had

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been taken by force. I

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cannot speak of things in the east.

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The Zagros Mountains are far from

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Kwe, and no Arartian had come

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to our land since the days

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of Tiglath-Pileser. I

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only know what everyone knows. In

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His eighth year on the throne, King

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Sargon Defeated the. Atlas troops of

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russo deal rorty and ruined his

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land and cause the deceiver to

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take his own life. In

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those same years the city moves

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or seer abode of the god

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hardy also fell to sar gone.

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Even as he team the zag

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rose Kings, Oregon's mind was backed

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by news from the Northern had

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he lands of the ball. These

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are the lands that stretch from

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the borders of Way to the

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Hollis River and were Midas king

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of the land, Phrygian constantly look

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for advantage. Early

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in his own rain King Saud

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on had caused Hooley of to

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ball a team removed by Salmond

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Naser to sit. Again, it's thrown.

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See. It also expanded the kingdom's

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territories by giving who lead the

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pirate land of him lock who.

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In served on ninth year to ball

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was ruled by Hooley son and Boris

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who had grown to man who didn't

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call who and to whom king sorrow

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gone had given one of his own

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daughter's has a wife. And

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Boris's house was blessed by

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fate. but it was also

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proud. The heart

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of Anbar as spurned sorry guns,

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gifts and turned to foreign lands.

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Skis, It sent to Russa

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king of the land Rahr to

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Midas king of the land fridge

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year and a lesser kings of

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the land to ball letters where

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he spoke his wish to take

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away territory from Syria. Driven

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to anger kings, Oregon Mustard, the

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troops of the God Osu Earth

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and overwhelm the land ball to

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it's full extent as if with

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the net. Ski brought

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into bondage to with Syria and

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Boris together with the other offspring

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of his father's house, the nobles

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of his land and one hundred

5:58

of his chair. It's. Kings

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are gone, made the lands of

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to ball and he lock who

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dwell as safely as in a

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meadow and had enclosure walls built

6:10

around them. And he

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we settled their people from the other

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lands that the God Osu are the

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great Lord had conquered. The

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guards are just and and

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boris as punishment fit his

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crime but the guards are

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also sometimes crew for reasons

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we cannot know. Because

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as kings are gone to to

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ball and headlock who his royal

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officials also came to the palace

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of my lord hour week to.

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The news they brought was a

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thunderbolt. Hour week who

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was to relinquish his thrown to

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the hands of Sar Guns man

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a super sharp looser who would

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rule the land of quake in

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sorrow. Guns name. My

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lord had ruled for thirty seven

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years, but even before a heartbeat

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past, he did his sword on

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command. It. And

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so his wealth, the wealth of

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our land, passed into the hands

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of our sore. My

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lord hour week who remained

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in a dawn of bereft

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of royal power and over

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time his heart began to

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sour against King Sar Got.

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That same year bar rocky of

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the era me in king of

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some mall had passed away and

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kings are gone took away his

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land in made it part of

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the Syria. In

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the northern happy land of To won

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apps that borders on our land of

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Quaids. war pillow were had set his

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throne for as long as my Lord

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our We to. Spur. Apps even

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longer. Stinks. Oregon

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commanded war Pillow would give his

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land to with Syria. war

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pillow what complied and like

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my lord remained behind in

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Tuwanna bereft of power until

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his aged heart like all men's

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turned to dust. Of

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the Hattie Kings to the

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east of Kwe, only three

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remained, those of Gurgum, Kuma,

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and Malacha. And

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the next year it was the Lord

8:21

of Malacha who raised his hand and

8:23

voice against the king. In

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King Sargon's early days he had

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swept into Hattie and Aram like

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a storm and punished those whose

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hearts were filled with treason. At

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the time he had driven

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the deceitful Guunzianu from the

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throne of Malacha and replaced

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him with Tarhunazi, the storm

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god's man. But

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in his tenth year King

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Sargon learned that Tarhunazi had

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repeatedly sent to Midas, king

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of the land Phrygia, messages

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hostile to Assyria. Driven

8:59

to anger, King Sargon conquered the

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land of Malacha to its full

9:04

extent. He smashed

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its royal city like a pot

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and considered all the people of

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Tarhunazi as if they were flocks

9:13

of sheep and goats. He

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threw into iron fetters Tarhunazi

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together with his fighting men

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and took his family and 5,000

9:24

of his captured warriors off to

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his city of Asur. Once

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the deceiver was deposed, King

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Sargon assigned the people of

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Malacha, those from before and

9:36

others brought from across his

9:38

lands to the authority of

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his eunuch. Wary

9:42

of further evil plots,

9:44

Sargon erected ten strong

9:46

fortresses around the land

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Malacha, strengthened the garrisons

9:51

of other cities against the

9:53

land of Rartu, and

9:55

built new cities on the border of the

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land of Phrygia. Sargon

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then gave Tarhunazi's royal city

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of Malachia, along with its

10:05

environs, to his man, Muwatali

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the Hittite of the land Kuma.

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There is no greater crime than the

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killing of a father by a son,

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and any who do so are cursed

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before the gods. The

10:21

year after Malachia was made

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firm for Asur, Tarhulara the

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Hittite of the land Gurgam

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was cut down with the

10:30

sword and taken away by

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his heir Muwatali. In

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order to avenge Tarhulara, King

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Sargon came upon his land

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Gurgam, counted his booty,

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the heir Muwatali, and burned

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his hands before the god

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Shamash, the lord of justice.

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The king also took his booty,

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the family of Muwatali, along

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with gold, silver, and the countless

10:57

property of his palace. He

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reorganized the administration of the people

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of the land Gurgam to its

11:04

full extent, set a eunuch

11:06

of his as provincial governor over them,

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and considered them as people of

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Assyria. King

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Sargon is called the men of

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Hatti evil and deceitful, and many

11:18

prove to be so under his

11:20

eye. But we

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of Kwe are Hiawa men and

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sons of Muxus, and

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unlike the men of Hatti and

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Aram, we break no oaths. It

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is a great evil to lie before a

11:34

god, an evil will come to those who

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do it. And

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that is why this is the hardest part

11:40

of my tale. In

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the 13th year of King Sargon,

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evil thoughts filled my lord Awariku's

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head, and despite

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his years of loyalty to Assyria,

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my lord sent men from our

11:55

city Adana to the distant land

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of Urartu. Awariku

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hoped that Rusa's heir,

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Argishti, who still defied

12:05

King Sargon, might come

12:07

to Kwe and restore my lord to

12:09

his throne. It

12:12

was a foolish hope, even more

12:14

foolish in the act itself, and

12:17

his men did not get far beyond

12:19

our lands. Instead,

12:21

the gods saw fit to

12:23

punish Awariku by delivering them

12:25

into the hands of Midas,

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king of the land Phrygia. By

12:32

this time, Sargon's man,

12:34

Asursharu User, who governed

12:36

Kwe, had caused the

12:38

Phrygian king great trouble.

12:41

He had marched three times into

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the land of Midas and captured

12:45

one thousand of Midas' combat

12:48

troops and their war horses, letting

12:50

none escape. Asursharu

12:53

User had then defeated

12:55

Midas' garrison troops. Those

12:58

who did battle, he did not allow to

13:00

live. He sent

13:03

to King Sargon his booty,

13:05

2,400 Phrygian soldiers, and

13:08

then destroyed, demolished, and burned

13:10

with fire his fortified cities,

13:13

together with the settlements and their

13:15

environs. At

13:17

the time, King Sargon was bringing about

13:20

the defeat of the Chaldeans and Eramaeans

13:22

of the Lower Sea and

13:24

making his weapons prevail over the people

13:27

of Elam. So

13:29

Asursharu User sent one

13:31

thousand faceguards taken from

13:33

Midas' warriors as trophies

13:35

to King Sargon. Midas

13:39

had never before submitted to any

13:41

other king. But

13:44

in the face of Sargon's

13:46

victories and conquests, the Phrygian

13:48

was overwhelmed by a deadly

13:50

quiet. He

13:52

was also troubled by reports of

13:54

men from the Zagros land of

13:56

Gamir, fierce horsemen greatly

13:58

skilled in the battle. bow, crossing

14:01

the torus mountains and growing

14:03

numbers. So

14:05

when the men of Awariku

14:08

fell into his hands, Midas

14:10

wrote to Asur-Sharu-User and said

14:12

that he would hold the

14:14

men until King Sargon decided

14:16

their fate. On

14:19

Sargon's orders, my lord

14:21

Awariku was quickly arrested, and

14:24

thus a man who had once been

14:26

father and mother to the land

14:28

of Adonawa was sent to Assyria

14:31

in chains. When

14:34

this happened, I Azatiwadas, who

14:36

had served Awariku when he

14:38

was king, was out east

14:40

in the Amaunus Mountains, where

14:43

men cut down great cedar trees

14:45

for use in Sargon's palace. Even

14:49

in those days, my justice and

14:51

wisdom and goodness were known, and

14:54

Sargon's man, Asur-Sharu-User, had commanded

14:57

me to break up the

14:59

proud and the evils which

15:01

were inside that land. I

15:04

did as I was commanded, but

15:07

I also obeyed the gods. The

15:10

storm god and the stag god were

15:12

after me to build a fortress. With

15:15

the help of Tarhunzas, I built

15:17

a fortress in the Amaunus Mountains,

15:20

and I named it Azati-Wadaya.

15:23

Inside the fortress, I made

15:25

Tarhunzas dwell. The

15:29

year after my lord Awariku's betrayal,

15:31

the last Hattie king along the

15:34

Great River, Muwatali

15:36

of Kuma, ceased to

15:38

fear the words of the gods

15:40

and turned his heart toward Urartu.

15:44

So great had Muwatali's standing been

15:46

that King Sargon had entrusted to

15:48

him the great city Malachi. Despite

15:52

this gift, the evil Hittite

15:54

withheld his tribute and

15:57

did not send his mounted messenger before

15:59

the king. to inquire about

16:01

his well-being. King

16:04

Sargon was in Babylon, so

16:06

he sent against Mu'itali provincial

16:09

governors with their extensive troops

16:11

along with his own royal

16:13

military contingent. When

16:16

there was still a distance

16:18

of some leagues for Sargon's

16:20

expeditionary forces to go, Mu'itali

16:22

of Kuma abandoned his wife,

16:24

his sons, and his daughters,

16:27

and fled away by himself into

16:29

the rugged mountains. Some

16:32

say he even made his home

16:34

with Argishti in Arartu. Though

16:37

Mu'itali escaped his wrath, Sargon

16:39

counted his booty, his wife,

16:41

his sons, his daughters, and

16:43

the people of his land.

16:47

He opened Mu'itali's treasure house and

16:49

took the treasure of his palace

16:51

to the city of Kalhu. The

16:55

city Melachia, Sargon's gift to

16:57

Mu'itali, was reorganized, and the

16:59

king settled there the people

17:01

of the land Bit-Yakan that

17:03

he had just conquered and

17:05

set a eunuch as provincial

17:08

governor over them. To

17:10

make his seat firm, Sargon

17:13

conscripted chariots, cavalry, 20,000 bowmen,

17:17

and 10,000 shield and spear

17:19

bearers from Kuma and entrusted

17:21

them to him. So

17:24

it was that in the 14th year

17:27

of King Sargon, the

17:29

entire Hati land between the

17:31

great river and upper sea

17:34

was gone forever. And

17:37

in T'baul, the lesser Hati

17:39

lords of Atuna and Hupishna

17:41

soon faded to shadow and

17:43

nothingness. The

17:46

same year that Kuma was taken,

17:48

King Sargon won his final victories

17:51

in Babylon. The

17:53

Chaldeans and Elamites and the

17:55

Eramaeans, who had inclined their

17:57

cheek to both, Were

17:59

defeated. It and barred from the

18:02

land of Sumer Endicott. Now

18:05

king over all the land, Sorghum

18:07

took the hands of the great

18:09

divine lord of Babylon, Marduk, and

18:12

brought him safely along the road

18:14

to the key to house. In

18:18

his fifties year kings are gone, return

18:20

to with Syria. They

18:22

say that he filled. His palace sit

18:25

do Russia rue can with every

18:27

wondrous thing. Exotic

18:29

woods, precious metals and

18:31

elephant ivory. His

18:34

palace gates were cedar wood bound

18:36

together was shining bands of copper.

18:39

Before the gates be raised

18:42

a replica of the Hittite

18:44

palace which is called a

18:46

bit huh Lonnie in the

18:48

language of the land a

18:50

move and also set a

18:52

twin lion colossus skillfully cast

18:54

and filled with a divine

18:56

radiance. Within made by

18:58

the craft of the sculptor he

19:00

said images of the people of

19:02

every land that he had conquered

19:04

from east to west by the

19:06

strength of the great God are

19:08

sore. On the

19:11

twenty second of to Siri of that

19:13

year he calls the Gods of do

19:15

a show weekend to enter their temples.

19:18

For the next year, the

19:20

king remained in Syria until

19:22

on the sixth of your

19:24

of his sixteen year, a

19:27

celebration was held to mark

19:29

the royal cities completion. All

19:32

remember the year that followed, but

19:34

I will tell what I know.

19:37

In that year might is king

19:39

of the land. Fridge year sent

19:41

word the kings are gone at

19:43

do was show rican of the

19:45

growing threat to the Hollis River

19:47

land from the fierce horsemen of

19:49

Gambhir. The same

19:52

word wheat sarraj gone from also

19:54

were shot ruth Serb and other

19:56

provincial governors. Perhaps the

19:58

loudest voice was really by moot.

20:00

I keel Osu are governor of

20:02

booze on. through

20:04

whose land the game myriads

20:07

past day by day, week

20:09

by week like locusts warming

20:11

the plentiful fields of to

20:13

ball. And curing

20:15

their words Kings are gone. Was

20:18

moved to action. Steam.

20:20

Muster the troops of the God

20:23

also are those in Syria up

20:25

and those in the West and

20:27

gather them together in to ball.

20:30

Midas suffrage year also came.

20:33

As fierce troops mounted on

20:35

warhorses and wearing shining face

20:37

cards. I

20:40

have seen many armies in my

20:42

life, but none of match The

20:44

splendor of kings are gone. King

20:47

of the four quarters of the

20:49

world when he raised his sword

20:51

in our sewers name, commanding tens

20:54

of thousands. I

20:57

cannot account for all that follow.

20:59

I. Was not there in the annals.

21:01

Do not tell the story. But

21:05

sometimes it is easy for

21:07

the army of a great

21:09

nation at war with savage

21:11

tribes to imagine itself invincible.

21:15

Something was different about the

21:17

game. Marion's. They

21:19

did not form a battle

21:21

line, but moved constantly, advancing

21:24

and retreating with great skill

21:26

and coordination. All

21:28

the while they're sas rain

21:30

down. Finding gaps in

21:33

iron armor and laying waste

21:35

to those not so protected.

21:38

Those driven or lured away

21:40

from the vanguard were dispatched

21:42

less like the soldiers of

21:44

our source them like wayward

21:46

see for cattle. For

21:50

those who know battle, words are not

21:52

need it. For. Those who do

21:54

not, they are not sufficient. there

21:57

are battle cries and shrieks of

21:59

panic the groans of the dying.

22:02

There is blood for the ground to drink.

22:05

And then it was over. As

22:08

swiftly as they had come, the enemy

22:10

withdrew, riding back into the

22:12

mountains. Even

22:15

now, ten years later, I will

22:17

not speak ill of King Sargon.

22:21

But the gods must have found in

22:23

him some fault to send the Gomirians

22:25

to destroy him. For

22:28

not only did they defeat his army, but

22:30

they also took his life. That

22:33

was the word that went from there

22:35

to all four corners of the earth.

22:38

That the great King Sargon of

22:40

Assyria was slain in battle. The

22:43

only king in all their memory to

22:46

suffer such a fate. The

22:50

son who picked up Sargon's scepter

22:52

was not his firstborn. For

22:54

his name means the moon god

22:56

has replaced his brothers. But

22:59

Sin-Nakarib was crowned prince when

23:02

Sargon died and rules from

23:04

Nineveh still. Dorsharukin

23:07

was left to wither. A

23:10

fortress city become a tomb

23:12

where Sargon's Atemu wanders and

23:14

cannot know peace. And

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though we brought ruination to the

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land of Judah and made war

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upon the Tyrians and Pelisset, Sin-Nakarib

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never brought an army to

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the Hollis Riverland and never

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punished the Gomirians for killing

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his father. So

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the Hollis Riverland became

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Gomirian land. But

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I, Azathiwadas, was far from

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idle. I

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built strong fortresses on the frontiers

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wherein bad men were and

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I put them under my feet. And

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I subdued powerful countries in the

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west which the kings who

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were before me had not been able to

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subdue. I

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brought their inhabitants down and established

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them at the eastern end of

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my borders. In

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my days I extended the Adonawan

24:09

frontiers from the rising of the

24:11

sun to its setting, and

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even to those places which formerly

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were feared, where a

24:18

man feared to even walk the road. In

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my days Adonawa and the

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Adonawian plain have dwelt peacefully.

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I made peace with every king. Indeed,

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every king considers me his father

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because of my righteousness and my

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wisdom and the kindness of

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my heart. As

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to why I am moved to tell these

24:44

tales, the fall of great

24:46

men should be marked by speaking of

24:48

their times. To

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honor and with fortune gather

24:52

wisdom. Awa

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Riku made me great, and

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I still mourn his sorry fate and

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manner of his fall. And

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now we hear of the

25:05

death of Midas, his Phrygian

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lands of mangled corpse trampled

25:09

beneath the hooves of Gomirian

25:11

horsemen. Like

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Rusa after Musa Seer, they say

25:16

that Midas could no longer face

25:18

his people. He

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ordered bull's blood brought to him and

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drank it till he died. His

25:26

death at least has moved the king,

25:29

who now sends troops to fight

25:31

the Gomirians up at Tegarama. If

25:35

King Sennacherib fears the gods,

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he may observe their advantages

25:39

there, but those

25:41

who show the gods neglect so

25:43

ruin. For

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myself, I pray that Tar-hoonzas continue

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to bless me with health and

25:50

life and give me victory over

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all enemies. Let

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my fortress Azati-Wadaya become the home

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of the grain god and the

25:59

wind. wine god, so

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that the people who dwell in it

26:04

may have sheep, oxen, food, and wine

26:06

to drink. Much

26:08

let them beget for us, and much

26:10

let them make great for us, and

26:13

much let them be in service

26:15

to Azati-Wadas and the House of

26:17

Muxus, with the help

26:19

of Tarhunzas and the gods. The

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