A man cured by the king's physician
letter writer · Assyrian Empire · c. 8th–7th century BC
Someone who had been gravely ill, was treated by Basa, the physician the Assyrian king sent him, and wrote to thank the king. Sayce's book does not give his name.
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c. 8th–7th century BC · Sayce quotes from the middle of the letter, so it begins in mid-sentence. Before this the writer prays Ishtar of Erech (Uruk) and Nana to grant the king long life.
… he sent Basa the physician of the king my lord to save my life and he has cured me; therefore may the great gods of heaven and earth be gracious to the king my lord, and may they establish the throne of the king my lord in heaven for ever; since I was dead, and the king has restored me to life.A clay-tablet letter from the royal archive at Nineveh · A. H. Sayce, Babylonians and Assyrians: Life and Customs (1899) · in place of the original: the English translation by A. H. Sayce (1899)
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