Request to Shamash

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This is an inquiry addressed to the sun-god Shamash. It asks whether the Assyrian army, commanded by Nabu-shar-utsur, will successfully recover the fortress captures by the Manneans, a people who lived in western Iran. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurbanipal II, 7th century BCE. From the Library of Ashurbanipal II at Nineveh (Kouyunjik), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London).

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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, August 31). Request to Shamash. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6977/request-to-shamash/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Request to Shamash." World History Encyclopedia, August 31, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6977/request-to-shamash/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Request to Shamash." World History Encyclopedia, 31 Aug 2017, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6977/request-to-shamash/.

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