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Marduk of Borsippa Marduk

letter writer · Borsippa, Babylonia · 7th century BC

A man who sent a short note from Borsippa to his brother Kurigalzu. The tablet was found among the archives of Nineveh. Nothing else is known of him.

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7th century BC · A short note written at Borsippa to his brother Kurigalzu. It goes on to ask him to send some pots.

Wherefore have I not seen thy messenger? Until he enter Borsippa, when I see thy messenger, my heart shall drink the wine of joy.

A clay-tablet letter of the Neo-Assyrian period · in C. H. W. Johns, Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters (1904) · in place of the original: the English translation by C. H. W. Johns (1904)

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