best_run_test_data_translated_detokenized.txt

<gold>: b' life'
<predicted>: b' s'

<gold>: b' Like'
<predicted>: b' like'

<gold>: b' very'
<predicted>: b' as'

<gold>: b' what'
<predicted>: b' What'

<gold>: b' their'
<predicted>: b' their'

<gold>: b' here'
<predicted>: b' here'

<gold>: b' now'
<predicted>: b' Now'

<gold>: b' Now'
<predicted>: b' Now'

<gold>: b' righteousness'
<predicted>: b' x hundred'

<gold>: b' bridge'
<predicted>: b' brick-courses'

<gold>: b' why'
<predicted>: b' Why'

<gold>: b' this'
<predicted>: b' this'

<gold>: b' there'
<predicted>: b' there is there'

<gold>: b' outside'
<predicted>: b' outside'

<gold>: b' 150'
<predicted>: b' 100 ditto,'

<gold>: b' strange'
<predicted>: b' ?'

<gold>: b' from'
<predicted>: b' from'

<gold>: b' And'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' ed the'
<predicted>: b' of Zeru-iddina'

<gold>: b' delivered'
<predicted>: b' they will give'

<gold>: b' to ...'
<predicted>: b' Concerning ...'

<gold>: b' in Ta'
<predicted>: b' the city T'

<gold>: b' return you'
<predicted>: b' they placed'

<gold>: b' they went'
<predicted>: b' they went'

<gold>: b' Seal of'
<predicted>: b' seal of'

<gold>: b' Seal of'
<predicted>: b' seal of'

<gold>: b' Inurta-'
<predicted>: b' Inurta-'

<gold>: b' you shall'
<predicted>: b' you'

<gold>: b' him'
<predicted>: b' he is'

<gold>: b' wine'
<predicted>: b' wine'

<gold>: b' I bear'
<predicted>: b' to us'

<gold>: b' First extispicy'
<predicted>: b' before me.'

<gold>: b' your face'
<predicted>: b' your face'

<gold>: b' I received'
<predicted>: b' I shall give'

<gold>: b' seize you'
<predicted>: b' has seized you'

<gold>: b' gave'
<predicted>: b' they will give'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x9d'

<gold>: b' adjoining Si'
<predicted>: b' adjoining the town of Sin'

<gold>: b' Witness Pa'
<predicted>: b' Witness P'

<gold>: b' Urdu;'
<predicted>: b' , Urdu;'

<gold>: b' Witness Hu'
<predicted>: b' Witness Huru.'

<gold>: b' and put'
<predicted>: b' ;'

<gold>: b' Unfavorable.'
<predicted>: b' is good.'

<gold>: b' Nur-'
<predicted>: b' Nur-'

<gold>: b' your'
<predicted>: b' "'

<gold>: b' NN.'
<predicted>: b' ... , ... ;'

<gold>: b' Total,'
<predicted>: b' total, NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness Ba'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ba'

<gold>: b' Nineveh.'
<predicted>: b' the town of Nineveh'

<gold>: b' s from'
<predicted>: b' s from'

<gold>: b' 70 hectares'
<predicted>: b' x+1 hectares'

<gold>: b' temple of'
<predicted>: b' the house of'

<gold>: b' The king'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' you spare'
<predicted>: b' x, ditto;'

<gold>: b' and ...'
<predicted>: b' ... in ...'

<gold>: b' went'
<predicted>: b' he went away'

<gold>: b' much'
<predicted>: b' much'

<gold>: b' and the aegis'
<predicted>: b' Jupiter'

<gold>: b' as'
<predicted>: b' when'

<gold>: b' 2'
<predicted>: b' two'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness'

<gold>: b' account'
<predicted>: b' property of the city'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness'

<gold>: b' should'
<predicted>: b' or'

<gold>: b' ,'
<predicted>: b' the god'

<gold>: b' in'
<predicted>: b' in'

<gold>: b' What'
<predicted>: b' "'

<gold>: b' therefore'
<predicted>: b' upon'

<gold>: b' in'
<predicted>: b' in'

<gold>: b' there'
<predicted>: b' there'

<gold>: b' not'
<predicted>: b' not'

<gold>: b' secretly'
<predicted>: b' , the one who'

<gold>: b' therein'
<predicted>: b' there'

<gold>: b' son of'
<predicted>: b' , son of'

<gold>: b' she'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' endure. The'
<predicted>: b' -Issar.'

<gold>: b' x chalcedony'
<predicted>: b" the king's word"

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-... , ...'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bel-... ,'

<gold>: b' the lord of the'
<predicted>: b' , owner of the'

<gold>: b' You ... place ...'
<predicted>: b' Month ... , ... th day;'

<gold>: b' into the presence of'
<predicted>: b' before'

<gold>: b' (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'
<predicted>: b' the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'

<gold>: b' Total, 10+x'
<predicted>: b' in all, 10+x'

<gold>: b' ... -bread ... ;'
<predicted>: b' ... bread ... ;'

<gold>: b' 5 wooden ... ,'
<predicted>: b' 5 ... ;'

<gold>: b' (... ) lamentation priest,'
<predicted>: b' x, x+10,'

<gold>: b' Witness La... ,'
<predicted>: b' Witness La... , ...'

<gold>: b' the king, my lord,'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' 1 horse in 15 days;'
<predicted>: b' 1 goose in the right'

<gold>: b' -aplu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur. Witness'
<predicted>: b' -nadin-ahi.'

<gold>: b' Witness ... , ... of the vizier.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, ditto.'

<gold>: b' , ditto, the front red, of the country;'
<predicted>: b' the front red, of the country;'

<gold>: b" 3 (of) 4 (spans' height); 2 (of) 3 (spans' height)"
<predicted>: b" 3 of 4 spans' height;"

<gold>: b' x litres of honey'
<predicted>: b' x litres of honey'

<gold>: b' , all directions'
<predicted>: b' Tablet of the tablet'

<gold>: b' Witness NN.'
<predicted>: b' Witness'

<gold>: b' of the people'
<predicted>: b' of the people'

<gold>: b' The work on'
<predicted>: b' the work of'

<gold>: b' in my mouth'
<predicted>: b' in my mouth'

<gold>: b' , eunuchs;'
<predicted>: b' of the eunuchs'

<gold>: b' 10 sheep;'
<predicted>: b' 10 sheep;'

<gold>: b' Witness Sin-'
<predicted>: b' Witness Sin-'

<gold>: b' Witness Ilu-'
<predicted>: b' Witness Il-'

<gold>: b' to the king'
<predicted>: b' to the king'

<gold>: b' Bel-le\xc5\xa1ir'
<predicted>: b' Bel-le\xc5\xa1ir;'

<gold>: b' a libation bowl'
<predicted>: b' before the god'

<gold>: b' to ... :'
<predicted>: b' to ...'

<gold>: b' Do ... !"'
<predicted>: b' saying: "... "'

<gold>: b' has not appointed'
<predicted>: b' they did not'

<gold>: b' Witness Ahu-'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ahu-'

<gold>: b' will achieve life'
<predicted>: b' of the land'

<gold>: b' of my lord'
<predicted>: b' of my lord'

<gold>: b' tablet'
<predicted>: b' - tablet.'

<gold>: b' total 2 adults'
<predicted>: b' in all 2 men.'

<gold>: b' The town ... ;'
<predicted>: b' the city ... ,'

<gold>: b' On the 2nd'
<predicted>: b' , 2nd day.'

<gold>: b' Witness (blank).'
<predicted>: b' Witness (blank).'

<gold>: b' An estate of 10'
<predicted>: b' An estate of 10 hectares'

<gold>: b' mina(s)'
<predicted>: b' x minas'

<gold>: b' The coils of the colon'
<predicted>: b' The coils of the colon'

<gold>: b' saying, \xe2\x80\x9c'
<predicted>: b' saying: "'

<gold>: b' whether they are'
<predicted>: b' If'

<gold>: b' which/of'
<predicted>: b' "'

<gold>: b' the life of'
<predicted>: b' , x persons;'

<gold>: b' the town GN'
<predicted>: b' the town of'

<gold>: b' l\xc3\xa2,'
<predicted>: b' not'

<gold>: b' , inquire and investigate'
<predicted>: b' Fingernail of'

<gold>: b' those who enter'
<predicted>: b' the gods'

<gold>: b' NN, ditto: x sheep;'
<predicted>: b' x sheep;'

<gold>: b' (The extispicy is) unfavorable.'
<predicted>: b' Unfavorable.'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "Appoint a'
<predicted>: b' "'

<gold>: b' from among them and I made (them) subject to him (the new governor)'
<predicted>: b' the house'

<gold>: b' , saying: "Keep evil omens to yourselves, let'
<predicted>: b' saying: "'

<gold>: b' ! Send (pl.) me healthy'
<predicted>: b' with'

<gold>: b' NN, ditto: x sheep;'
<predicted>: b' x sheep;'

<gold>: b' 5 shekels, NN;'
<predicted>: b' 5 shekels'

<gold>: b' 10 shekels, NN;'
<predicted>: b' 10 shekels;'

<gold>: b' Too poorly preserved to allow translation.'
<predicted>: b" of the 'finger'"

<gold>: b' in the presence of the king'
<predicted>: b' before the king.'

<gold>: b' the town of Mar\xc3\xaa.'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' total, 8 ... ;'
<predicted>: b' in all 8 ... ;'

<gold>: b' 1 (of) 2,'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto, ditto; 2 ditto;'

<gold>: b' -balli\xe1\xb9\xad.'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' E... ,'
<predicted>: b' , ... ;'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0u... ,'
<predicted>: b' , ... ;'

<gold>: b' roads'
<predicted>: b' the roads'

<gold>: b' seized'
<predicted>: b' he seized'

<gold>: b' if'
<predicted>: b' If'

<gold>: b' wood'
<predicted>: b' wood'

<gold>: b' of'
<predicted>: b' of'

<gold>: b' ,'
<predicted>: b' and from'

<gold>: b' their'
<predicted>: b' their'

<gold>: b' to'
<predicted>: b' to'

<gold>: b' as'
<predicted>: b' as'

<gold>: b' and'
<predicted>: b' and'

<gold>: b' cuts'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' ean'
<predicted>: b' ayu.'

<gold>: b' goes'
<predicted>: b' goes'

<gold>: b' ayu'
<predicted>: b' ayu.'

<gold>: b' words'
<predicted>: b' words'

<gold>: b' their'
<predicted>: b' to'

<gold>: b' of iron,'
<predicted>: b' , (and) iron'

<gold>: b' Month'
<predicted>: b' Month'

<gold>: b' Month'
<predicted>: b' Month'

<gold>: b' in'
<predicted>: b' in'

<gold>: b' Month'
<predicted>: b' Month'

<gold>: b' If'
<predicted>: b' , prince,'

<gold>: b' Month'
<predicted>: b' Month'

<gold>: b' to'
<predicted>: b' to'

<gold>: b' to'
<predicted>: b' to'

<gold>: b' to'
<predicted>: b' to'

<gold>: b' with'
<predicted>: b' with'

<gold>: b' men'
<predicted>: b' men'

<gold>: b' is split.'
<predicted>: b' the gods'

<gold>: b' d\xc3\xa2.'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' , property,'
<predicted>: b' property'

<gold>: b' merciful god,'
<predicted>: b' and the house'

<gold>: b' several times'
<predicted>: b' of'

<gold>: b' should ask'
<predicted>: b' let them ask'

<gold>: b' From the mouth'
<predicted>: b' of the gate'

<gold>: b' Let the'
<predicted>: b' to'

<gold>: b' of gold;'
<predicted>: b' gold'

<gold>: b' is seen.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN,'

<gold>: b' 81 20'
<predicted>: b' 8, 20 ditto, ditto;'

<gold>: b' you went'
<predicted>: b' you went'

<gold>: b' to'
<predicted>: b' to'

<gold>: b' you go'
<predicted>: b' is going'

<gold>: b' seize?'
<predicted>: b' ;'

<gold>: b' A sign'
<predicted>: b' with'

<gold>: b' my'
<predicted>: b' let me be'

<gold>: b' in'
<predicted>: b' in'

<gold>: b' let'
<predicted>: b' or'

<gold>: b' not'
<predicted>: b' does not'

<gold>: b' which I'
<predicted>: b' of'

<gold>: b' the guard'
<predicted>: b' the watch'

<gold>: b' my lord'
<predicted>: b' my lord'

<gold>: b' ... da'
<predicted>: b' ... , ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Gi'
<predicted>: b' Witness Gir-'

<gold>: b' and'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' upon'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' upon'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' On'
<predicted>: b' ;'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' foot'
<predicted>: b' -ibni.'

<gold>: b' we'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' we'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' king'
<predicted>: b' and'

<gold>: b' town'
<predicted>: b' and the city'

<gold>: b' road'
<predicted>: b' of the road'

<gold>: b' which the king'
<predicted>: b' of the king'

<gold>: b' adjoining ... ,'
<predicted>: b' adjoining ... ;'

<gold>: b' ... the ... s'
<predicted>: b' ... s ... s'

<gold>: b' Simerra, Ulm\xc4\x81nu, cities'
<predicted>: b' and'

<gold>: b' Witness ... -iddin.'
<predicted>: b' ... -iddin.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, ... ,'
<predicted>: b' Witness ... , ...'

<gold>: b' of the king'
<predicted>: b' of the king'

<gold>: b" 8 'litres':"
<predicted>: b" 8 'litres'"

<gold>: b' in all, 20'
<predicted>: b' in all 20'

<gold>: b' at the disposal of'
<predicted>: b' at the disposal of'

<gold>: b' the'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' not'
<predicted>: b' no'

<gold>: b' Witness NN.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN,'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN,'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' for every 2'
<predicted>: b' of 2'

<gold>: b' 3 ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 3 ... ;'

<gold>: b' Witness NN.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' As to'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the'

<gold>: b' in'
<predicted>: b' in'

<gold>: b' you'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' s'
<predicted>: b' s'

<gold>: b' my'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' ,'
<predicted>: b' this'

<gold>: b' Not preserved'
<predicted>: b' ... ;'

<gold>: b' the left'
<predicted>: b' The left'

<gold>: b' total,'
<predicted>: b' in all,'

<gold>: b' 4 minas'
<predicted>: b' 4'

<gold>: b' wine'
<predicted>: b' wine'

<gold>: b' mina;'
<predicted>: b' x minas,'

<gold>: b' s'
<predicted>: b' s'

<gold>: b' officials'
<predicted>: b' s'

<gold>: b' total'
<predicted>: b' in all,'

<gold>: b' of'
<predicted>: b' of'

<gold>: b' ?'
<predicted>: b' ;'

<gold>: b' ,'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' a'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' NN'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' 50'
<predicted>: b' 50'

<gold>: b' If'
<predicted>: b' If'

<gold>: b' If'
<predicted>: b' If'

<gold>: b' ... ;'
<predicted>: b' ... ;'

<gold>: b' (10)'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' NN, ... ;'
<predicted>: b' NN, ... ,'

<gold>: b' NN, ... ;'
<predicted>: b' ... ;'

<gold>: b' Witness NN.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' u.'
<predicted>: b' and'

<gold>: b' May they give'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' x minas,'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' ya.'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' the xth day in front of Marduk'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' , NN ditto, Sinqi-Issar ditto and his brother, NN'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' His tongue was scratched and he became impotent. His life ended through dissolving and melting (like a wax figurine), (saying) \xe2\x80\x9cWoe! Alas!\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' -ni\xc5\xa1e'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' me.'
<predicted>: b' ;'

<gold>: b' x, ...'
<predicted>: b' ... ;'

<gold>: b' to my'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' of ...'
<predicted>: b' ... ;'

<gold>: b' ditto,'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' ... :'
<predicted>: b' ... ;'

<gold>: b' ru.'
<predicted>: b' of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'

<gold>: b' ... ;'
<predicted>: b' ... ;'

<gold>: b' valuables?'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' the land'
<predicted>: b' the land'

<gold>: b' the king'
<predicted>: b' the king'

<gold>: b' ( Break )'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' land'
<predicted>: b' the land'

<gold>: b' and a message'
<predicted>: b' this message'

<gold>: b' and another time'
<predicted>: b' and'

<gold>: b' Lud\xc3\xbb the'
<predicted>: b" Ladu'a,"

<gold>: b' ... NN ...'
<predicted>: b' ... -ilu ...'

<gold>: b' went to him'
<predicted>: b' to him'

<gold>: b' for me \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Let them write'

<gold>: b' Nikkal-iddin'
<predicted>: b' Nikkal-iddina'

<gold>: b" Witness Se'-qatar."
<predicted>: b" Witness Se'-qatar."

<gold>: b' Babylon, Babylon'
<predicted>: b' Babylon ... Babylon'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0arru-emuranni'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0arru-emuranni;'

<gold>: b' May the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab gods'
<predicted>: b' Ditto by the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab gods'

<gold>: b' "Otherwise you'
<predicted>: b' "'

<gold>: b' where there is water'
<predicted>: b' of the water for'

<gold>: b' which from distant days'
<predicted>: b' who from the days of days'

<gold>: b' purchased and acquired'
<predicted>: b' are purchased and acquired.'

<gold>: b' Witness Dan\xc3\xae,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Dan\xc3\xae,'

<gold>: b' Nemed-Issar'
<predicted>: b' the town of Nemed-Issar.'

<gold>: b' knows everything'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' your ...'
<predicted>: b' ... their ... s;'

<gold>: b' Now,'
<predicted>: b' this'

<gold>: b' in Waisi'
<predicted>: b' the town of \xe1\xb9\xaci'

<gold>: b' Giru'
<predicted>: b' Gir-Issar,'

<gold>: b' of horses'
<predicted>: b' of horses'

<gold>: b' have started'
<predicted>: b' they have made'

<gold>: b' orchards, fields and'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' Now I and'
<predicted>: b' Now'

<gold>: b' remove him'
<predicted>: b' they will not make him'

<gold>: b' with Esaggil'
<predicted>: b' with Esaggil'

<gold>: b' we cannot'
<predicted>: b' did not listen'

<gold>: b' At that time'
<predicted>: b' At that time,'

<gold>: b' You shall seize'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' Arbayu, governor;'
<predicted>: b' ... aya, governor of the governor;'

<gold>: b' Why'
<predicted>: b' why'

<gold>: b' ... 20 minas of silver'
<predicted>: b' ... of 20 minas of silver'

<gold>: b' I\xc5\xa1tar of Concord'
<predicted>: b' Ditto by I\xc5\xa1tar,'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1uma-iddina'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-iddina'

<gold>: b' The king said: "...'
<predicted>: b' the king said: "... "'

<gold>: b' the robe of a'
<predicted>: b' , or the'

<gold>: b' will make him overcome'
<predicted>: b' they will make him.'

<gold>: b' I had them brought in'
<predicted>: b' I'

<gold>: b' she has come, she'
<predicted>: b' she came to me.'

<gold>: b' Wooden quivers;'
<predicted>: b' of the house,'

<gold>: b' beloved of the great gods,'
<predicted>: b' of the gods, the great gods,'

<gold>: b' When the king my lord gave'
<predicted>: b' I am herewith sending him to me.'

<gold>: b' be saved, and escape.'
<predicted>: b' of the gallations'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-ahhe-balli\xe1\xb9\xad;'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-ahhe-balli\xe1\xb9\xad'

<gold>: b' papparm\xc4\xabnu-stone,'
<predicted>: b' seal of agate,'

<gold>: b' Witness Urdu-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Urdu-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur,'

<gold>: b" Si'imm\xc3\xaa"
<predicted>: b" the town of Si'imm\xc3\xaa"

<gold>: b' From Nab\xc3\xbb-iqbi.'
<predicted>: b' From Nab\xc3\xbb-iqbi.'

<gold>: b' they are plotting and'
<predicted>: b' they speak and'

<gold>: b' whatever Mukin-zeri'
<predicted>: b' whatever Mukin-zeri'

<gold>: b' He did not agree'
<predicted>: b' he does not know, it will'

<gold>: b' In the report of'
<predicted>: b' "'

<gold>: b' Qibi-Bel'
<predicted>: b' the city Qbi-Bel'

<gold>: b' and Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a'
<predicted>: b' Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a'

<gold>: b' ... before them ...'
<predicted>: b' ... their ...'

<gold>: b' have come in today'
<predicted>: b' They have entered'

<gold>: b' 1 cloak, ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 1 cloak, ... ;'

<gold>: b' They went out to'
<predicted>: b' he went out to'

<gold>: b' Dayan-Ninurta.'
<predicted>: b' Dayan-Ninurta,'

<gold>: b' Mutakkil-Marduk,'
<predicted>: b' Ashur-belu-usur.'

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-lamur,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bel-emuranni,'

<gold>: b' ib, sheikh.'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x9d'

<gold>: b' The ... have left'
<predicted>: b' ... he went up ...'

<gold>: b' Lord of kings ...'
<predicted>: b' the lord of kings ...'

<gold>: b' I irrigated; I'
<predicted>: b' I will bring them up.'

<gold>: b' 26 1/2 minas in'
<predicted>: b' 26 ditto ditto ditto, ditto, the front ditto, 1 1/3 mina;'

<gold>: b' brought (it).'
<predicted>: b' to us.'

<gold>: b' water before the desert'
<predicted>: b' water before the gods.'

<gold>: b' Marduk-ahu-'
<predicted>: b' Marduk-na\xe1\xb9\xa3ir'

<gold>: b' I fashioned and to'
<predicted>: b' I gave to'

<gold>: b' I established there'
<predicted>: b' in his heart'

<gold>: b' Tardiya and'
<predicted>: b' , and Sadiya.'

<gold>: b' and the cattle'
<predicted>: b' and the cattle'

<gold>: b' to his presence'
<predicted>: b' to his presence'

<gold>: b' is filling up'
<predicted>: b' , and that he does not'

<gold>: b' they tell you'
<predicted>: b' they say:'

<gold>: b' to the Inner City'
<predicted>: b' to the Inner City'

<gold>: b' some 20 men'
<predicted>: b' x men, 20 men;'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-taklak.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-taklak.'

<gold>: b' he is killing them.'
<predicted>: b' they killed them'

<gold>: b' Month'
<predicted>: b' , scribe.'

<gold>: b' ... brick-courses ...'
<predicted>: b' ... brick-courses ...'

<gold>: b' cloth for designs;'
<predicted>: b' of the new corps.'

<gold>: b' 432 ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 403 ditto ditto ... ;'

<gold>: b' Witness Arzezu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Arzezzu.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad.'

<gold>: b' Mannu-ki-'
<predicted>: b' Mannu-ki-'

<gold>: b' Concerning the river Ta'
<predicted>: b' from the river'

<gold>: b' has departed from there.'
<predicted>: b' with the heart of'

<gold>: b' should exercise ... And ...'
<predicted>: b' I will do ...'

<gold>: b' of the land Adau\xc5\xa1'
<predicted>: b' of the city, the city'

<gold>: b' When you said,'
<predicted>: b' When you said'

<gold>: b' ... I sent ...'
<predicted>: b' ... I sent ...'

<gold>: b' whatever Bel-ibni'
<predicted>: b' Bel-ibni'

<gold>: b' I shall finish'
<predicted>: b' I will finish the fruit.'

<gold>: b' 20 hectares of field,'
<predicted>: b' , 20 hectares of arable land'

<gold>: b' Witness Balas\xc3\xae,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Balas\xc3\xae, ditto.'

<gold>: b' as follows'
<predicted>: b' like this'

<gold>: b' opposite him'
<predicted>: b' He has taken it as a loan'

<gold>: b' they came'
<predicted>: b' they came'

<gold>: b' Ilu-...'
<predicted>: b' Ilu-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad, in the house of ... ,'

<gold>: b' was damaged'
<predicted>: b' will listen to me'

<gold>: b' the men'
<predicted>: b' the men'

<gold>: b' 2 horses'
<predicted>: b' 2 horses:'

<gold>: b' They are'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' ... scribe'
<predicted>: b' NN, scribe.'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur ...'
<predicted>: b' the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur ...'

<gold>: b' ... people'
<predicted>: b' ... ditto ...'

<gold>: b' Why'
<predicted>: b' As to what'

<gold>: b' Babylon'
<predicted>: b' Babylon, when'

<gold>: b' gave'
<predicted>: b' with them'

<gold>: b" Witness Nab\xc3\xbb'a, ditto."
<predicted>: b" Witness Nab\xc3\xbb'a."

<gold>: b' for Babylon'
<predicted>: b' to Babylon'

<gold>: b' 3 horses,'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' learn and'
<predicted>: b' I will return and'

<gold>: b' are fallen.'
<predicted>: b' the land of GN'

<gold>: b' From Balas\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' From Balas\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' they carried out'
<predicted>: b' they will do to him'

<gold>: b' they appointed ...'
<predicted>: b' he will kill ... ,'

<gold>: b' From Akkullanu.'
<predicted>: b' From Akkullanu.'

<gold>: b' From Balas\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' From Balas\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' From \xc5\xa0umaya.'
<predicted>: b' From \xc5\xa0umaya.'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ulmanu-'
<predicted>: b' Salmanu-'

<gold>: b' From Bullu\xe1\xb9\xadu.'
<predicted>: b' From Bullu\xe1\xb9\xadu.'

<gold>: b' their noses'
<predicted>: b' I will do to him'

<gold>: b' From Balas\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' From Balas\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' Witness Ululayu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ululayu.'

<gold>: b' poplar tree'
<predicted>: b' the watch'

<gold>: b' requested a field'
<predicted>: b' field'

<gold>: b' when I came'
<predicted>: b' When I came to you'

<gold>: b' 7 ditto \xe2\x80\x94 Labani'
<predicted>: b' 7 ditto \xe2\x80\x94 Laaya,'

<gold>: b' "'
<predicted>: b' which the king said: "'

<gold>: b' Witness Ugin\xc3\xaa.'
<predicted>: b" Witness Ubi'a."

<gold>: b' as it says, the land of'
<predicted>: b' which he said,'

<gold>: b' ... your house ... -people ...'
<predicted>: b' ... your house ... ,'

<gold>: b' is passing by on account of it.'
<predicted>: b' As to the'

<gold>: b' Total 227 black (goats).'
<predicted>: b" in all, 272 'litres' of small bread."

<gold>: b" , female singer, 1/2 'litre';"
<predicted>: b" s, a female singer, a 'litre';.'"

<gold>: b' He has taken it as a loan.'
<predicted>: b' He has taken it as a loan.'

<gold>: b' The property of the temple, the dwelling'
<predicted>: b' property of the house.'

<gold>: b' x hectares of land adjoining the side road'
<predicted>: b' x hectares of land, adjoining the field,'

<gold>: b' send the ... of your father!'
<predicted>: b" ... your father's house ..."

<gold>: b' The 24th of Adar (XII).'
<predicted>: b' Month of Adar (XII), 24th day.'

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0arru-lu-dari.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0arru-lu-dari.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-iddina,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-iddina.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN. Witness Hananu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN. Witness Hanaana.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-ahu-iddina.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-ahu-iddina.'

<gold>: b' 2 of Har\xc5\xa1ean type,'
<predicted>: b' 2 Kushite horses,'

<gold>: b' ... bi, son of NN,'
<predicted>: b' NN, his son, of NN,'

<gold>: b' ... very ... to the king.'
<predicted>: b' ... strong ... to the king.'

<gold>: b' are saying: "Now we know that'
<predicted>: b' saying: "Now'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, should know it.'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, should know (this).'

<gold>: b' 3 seahs of bread, 1 seah per day,'
<predicted>: b' 1 seah of ... , 1 seah perth day;'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Laba\xc5\xa1i,'
<predicted>: b' Your servant of La-ba\xc5\xa1i\xc5\xa1i;'

<gold>: b' has contracted and bought it for x shekels of silver.'
<predicted>: b' shekels of silver.'

<gold>: b' ... a house \xe2\x80\x94 all without labour-duty ... \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' x ... , a house, in the house of ... ,'

<gold>: b' 3/4 (shekels) of dapr\xc4\x81nu-juniper;'
<predicted>: b' x+3 4-year-olds'

<gold>: b' x ditto garments, ditto, ditto, rubbed;'
<predicted>: b' x ditto, ditto, ditto;'

<gold>: b' , kataduqq\xc3\xbb.'
<predicted>: b' x, ditto of the breast-Mullissi,'

<gold>: b' ; A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-maqtu-\xc5\xa1atbi'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-gimilli-ketti-kettu'

<gold>: b' Month Adar (XII), 22nd day,'
<predicted>: b' Month of Adar (XII), 22nd day.'

<gold>: b' a 2-seah jar of beer of bruised grain.'
<predicted>: b' a 2-seah jar of beer of bruised grain.'

<gold>: b' in all 4 (of) Enuma Anu Enlil,'
<predicted>: b' in all 4 days, Enuma Anu Enlil.'

<gold>: b' 20 minas, Ilu-qal... , ...'
<predicted>: b' 20 minas, Il-qeri, ... ;'

<gold>: b' He gives 23 (doses of) incense'
<predicted>: b' 23 (governor of) land,'

<gold>: b' write down and communicate it to the king'
<predicted>: b' to the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-ibni \xe2\x80\x94 ditto'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-ibni'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-uballissu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-balassu-suri.'

<gold>: b' From Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1.'
<predicted>: b' From Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1.'

<gold>: b' Now they, the people'
<predicted>: b' Now the people'

<gold>: b' am I ... ?'
<predicted>: b' I am ... ?'

<gold>: b' Witness Il-hanani.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Il-hatani.'

<gold>: b' descends to the right and'
<predicted>: b' to the right and left'

<gold>: b' were left for him and'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' have been given, but'
<predicted>: b' in the presence of'

<gold>: b' Should I bring men from'
<predicted>: b' or from the land of'

<gold>: b' Witness Mamu-iqbi.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0umu-iqbi.'

<gold>: b' let him quickly come to'
<predicted>: b' quickly'

<gold>: b' 2 talents 14 2/3 minas:'
<predicted>: b' 2 talents, 14 2/3 minas;'

<gold>: b' Ennet-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'
<predicted>: b' Enni-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'

<gold>: b' 2,672 ...'
<predicted>: b' 2 (homers of) ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Ukkayu.'
<predicted>: b" Witness I'aya."

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That'

<gold>: b' all from Hirana'
<predicted>: b' Total, in the town of Haraana.'

<gold>: b' Witness Abi-qam.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Abi-qimu.'

<gold>: b" Witness Nab\xc3\xbb'a."
<predicted>: b" Witness Nab\xc3\xbb'a."

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0umma-Adad, ... ;'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0umma-Adad ... ,'

<gold>: b' should celebrate a festival.'
<predicted>: b' , and let them go'

<gold>: b' Witness ... \xe1\xb9\xadu from ...'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, from ...'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord:'
<predicted>: b' to the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' Witness Sin-zeru-iddina.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Sin-zeru-iddina.'

<gold>: b' adjoining Dad\xc3\xae, adjoining ... ,'
<predicted>: b' adjoining Dad\xc3\xae, adjoining ... ;'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x9cof the House of God'
<predicted>: b' of the temple.'

<gold>: b' you go to the border,'
<predicted>: b' border'

<gold>: b' Witness Aya-abu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Aya-ahu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur.'

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0agim, chief'
<predicted>: b" Witness \xc5\xa0a-na'id, chief"

<gold>: b' a bowl of salt ... ;'
<predicted>: b' a bowl of ... ;'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That'

<gold>: b' (governor of) Barhalzi.'
<predicted>: b' x, Barhalzi;'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1allim(anni)'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1allim'

<gold>: b' Huni\xe1\xb9\xa3\xc3\xa2 ... ;'
<predicted>: b' ditto, ditto, ... ;'

<gold>: b' ... in the city ...'
<predicted>: b' ... in the city of ...'

<gold>: b' The words should not'
<predicted>: b' the words'

<gold>: b' Since the day when'
<predicted>: b' from the day'

<gold>: b' should not argue'
<predicted>: b' they will not return'

<gold>: b' as he held back'
<predicted>: b' when he/they'

<gold>: b' the Dais of Destinies'
<predicted>: b" x, overseer of the '\xc5\xa1iffured'"

<gold>: b' of Bad\xc3\xa2,'
<predicted>: b' From Balas\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' is to write and'
<predicted>: b' , and'

<gold>: b' brought me (... )'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' them, Nab\xc3\xbb-'
<predicted>: b' them, Nab\xc3\xbb-'

<gold>: b' 3 gowns ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 3 gowns ... ;'

<gold>: b' in a chariot to'
<predicted>: b' in the chariot'

<gold>: b' The city \xe1\xb8\xaaar\xe1\xb8\xabar.'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the town of Harhar'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, weaver.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, weaver.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-'

<gold>: b' 4 geese,'
<predicted>: b' 4 horses, ditto;'

<gold>: b' 1 ... of ivory:'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto, ditto, ditto, of the port;'

<gold>: b' 1 overcoat;'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto;'

<gold>: b' and its/his'
<predicted>: b' from the house of the god'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-ahu-'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-na\xe1\xb9\xa3ir.'

<gold>: b' , \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad,'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0am\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab-Adad'

<gold>: b' there is an atrophied part'
<predicted>: b" the middle of the 'finger'"

<gold>: b' the subject of this query'
<predicted>: b' -bel-\xc5\xa1umi.'

<gold>: b' the kings, your fathers'
<predicted>: b' the kings, your fathers'

<gold>: b' equipment to ... ,'
<predicted>: b' to ... the land ...'

<gold>: b' Eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-'
<predicted>: b' , eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-'

<gold>: b' of the canal'
<predicted>: b' of the River Ruru'

<gold>: b' Witness ...'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN. Witness ... eyes. Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Babylon'
<predicted>: b' Babylon'

<gold>: b' Now he'
<predicted>: b' Now'

<gold>: b' of ...'
<predicted>: b' which ...'

<gold>: b' Laq\xc3\xaa'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the town of Laq\xc3\xbb'

<gold>: b' they say'
<predicted>: b' says'

<gold>: b' Zazaya'
<predicted>: b' Zabayu;'

<gold>: b' brought up'
<predicted>: b' they will not'

<gold>: b' hither'
<predicted>: b' her'

<gold>: b' Month'
<predicted>: b' in the month of'

<gold>: b' Damascus'
<predicted>: b' , Damascus;'

<gold>: b' the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian'
<predicted>: b' the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian(s)'

<gold>: b' pierces'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' Zermahu'
<predicted>: b' ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto;'

<gold>: b' All the gods'
<predicted>: b' the gods of the four gods.'

<gold>: b' Bit-Dakuri'
<predicted>: b' Bit-Dakuru'

<gold>: b' the town Isana'
<predicted>: b' the town of Isina'

<gold>: b' Witness Inurt\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Inurt\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' the vice governor'
<predicted>: b' the deputy'

<gold>: b' Dur-\xc5\xa0arruken'
<predicted>: b' Dur-\xc5\xa0arruken'

<gold>: b' before you'
<predicted>: b' in your presence'

<gold>: b' The lower part'
<predicted>: b' Afterwards, the upper one'

<gold>: b' the gods'
<predicted>: b' the gods'

<gold>: b' The crops'
<predicted>: b' x (homers of) land,'

<gold>: b' From \xe1\xb9\xacabiya.'
<predicted>: b' From \xe1\xb9\xacabiya.'

<gold>: b' daughter'
<predicted>: b' (and)'

<gold>: b' x hundred, Denu-amur;'
<predicted>: b' Mannu-aki-amur;'

<gold>: b' a total of 40 (hectares of) land'
<predicted>: b' in all, 40 hectares of land'

<gold>: b' dance before the Fates, and come out.'
<predicted>: b' at the disposal of the governors'

<gold>: b' ... adjoining the short side of the field ... \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' ... , adjoining the field of ... ,'

<gold>: b' ir, son of Lu-\xc5\xa1alim.'
<predicted>: b' x, son of Lu-\xc5\xa1me,'

<gold>: b' strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria'
<predicted>: b' the king, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria,'

<gold>: b' threshing floors; an estate of 3 decares'
<predicted>: b' threshing floor, an estate of 5 decares'

<gold>: b' who goes at my right side, the bailiff'
<predicted>: b' will be made'

<gold>: b" The middle of the 'station' is effaced"
<predicted>: b" The middle of the 'station' is effaced."

<gold>: b' There are 5 unfavorable omens in the extispicy.'
<predicted>: b' There are 5 unfavorable omens.'

<gold>: b' all the ... who render judgment ... ,'
<predicted>: b' ... who ... ed ...'

<gold>: b' You ... , (and) sing, \xe2\x80\x9c... \xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' ... is purchased and acquired.'

<gold>: b' (He said): "I shall send'
<predicted>: b' I shall send (word) to them.'

<gold>: b" 2 seahs the 30th day; 4 seahs 1 'litre',"
<predicted>: b' 1 seah, the 30th day; 1 seah 1 seah;'

<gold>: b" in the middle of the right side, a 'request'-mark"
<predicted>: b" The middle of the middle surface of the 'finger' is split"

<gold>: b' 1 cauldron of copper, 1 homer (c. 200 litres);'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto of copper, 1 homer.'

<gold>: b' (As to) what the king, my lord, wrote in'
<predicted>: b' of the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b" x 'litres' of honey, 1 'litre' ... ;"
<predicted>: b' x litres of honey, 1 litre ... ;'

<gold>: b' , owner of the man being sold.'
<predicted>: b' , owner of the man being sold.'

<gold>: b' NN has contracted and bought (said property) from \xc5\xa0ep-Issar'
<predicted>: b' from \xc5\xa0ep-Issar.'

<gold>: b" 2 seahs 6 'litres', the 24th day;"
<predicted>: b" 1 seah 6 'litres', the 24th day;"

<gold>: b' 20 hectares (of field) in the village of NN;'
<predicted>: b' 20 hectares in the village of'

<gold>: b' He shall pay in the month of Tebet (X).'
<predicted>: b' He shall pay in the month of Tebet (X).'

<gold>: b' for one third (of a mina) of silver.'
<predicted>: b' has contracted and bought it for a third silver.'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, knows that'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord, knows'

<gold>: b' Sinqi-Issar.'
<predicted>: b' with Sin-Issar-Issar,'

<gold>: b' Let the king, my lord, ask'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord, ask'

<gold>: b' The gall bladder is flattened and'
<predicted>: b' The gall bladder is flattened.'

<gold>: b' cross over to me.'
<predicted>: b' will bring'

<gold>: b' On the 26th the god'
<predicted>: b' The 26th day:'

<gold>: b' Marduk-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur;'
<predicted>: b' Marduk-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur.'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-iddina;'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-iddina'

<gold>: b' Ten talents 15 minas of'
<predicted>: b' 10 talents, 15 minas,'

<gold>: b' Likberu.'
<predicted>: b' Ashur-belu-usur,'

<gold>: b' with the magnates of/who'
<predicted>: b' From the magnates of'

<gold>: b' for one seah of barley'
<predicted>: b' as an seah of barley'

<gold>: b' ... his ... against ...'
<predicted>: b' ... his ... to ...'

<gold>: b' PN, craftsman \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' NN, farmer; ... ;'

<gold>: b' fourths of the gateway completed'
<predicted>: b' the gate of the palace'

<gold>: b' you bring good news ...'
<predicted>: b' You shall ... ;'

<gold>: b' 1, recruitment-officers;'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto, ditto, ditto, ... ;'

<gold>: b' 8 ditto of red onion;'
<predicted>: b' 8 shoots of ... ;'

<gold>: b' nu, son of Kusini,'
<predicted>: b' , son of Kasini;'

<gold>: b' An estate of 6 hectares of orchard'
<predicted>: b' an estate of 6 hectares of land'

<gold>: b' ... nu-ili, farmer,'
<predicted>: b' ... nu-ili, farmer;'

<gold>: b' ... cattle of the month of ... ,'
<predicted>: b' x oxen, x oxen of ... ,'

<gold>: b' 17 shekels, in one ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 17 shekels in 100 ... ;'

<gold>: b' , Ahu-\xc5\xa1am\xc5\xa1i the'
<predicted>: b" Ahu-le'i;"

<gold>: b' 1 collar of gold ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 1 collar of gold ... ;'

<gold>: b' The base of the middle part is'
<predicted>: b" The base of the middle part is 'loose.'"

<gold>: b' and those two soldiers of the'
<predicted>: b' and the two men of'

<gold>: b' Esarhaddon'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ahu-iddina'

<gold>: b' I am herewith sending them to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' I am herewith sending'

<gold>: b" The 'station' is present. The 'path' is present."
<predicted>: b" The 'station' is present. The 'path' is present"

<gold>: b" 8 'litres', the 23rd (day);"
<predicted>: b" 8 'litres', the 23rd day;"

<gold>: b" 4 seahs 5 'litres', the 10th day;"
<predicted>: b" 5 seahs 5 'litres', the 10th day;"

<gold>: b' ... enemy.'
<predicted>: b' ... ditto ...'

<gold>: b' barley ... ;'
<predicted>: b' barley ...'

<gold>: b' ... has contracted'
<predicted>: b' of NN,'

<gold>: b' will hear'
<predicted>: b' he will reach'

<gold>: b' 1 vineyard,'
<predicted>: b' in the town of Apku'

<gold>: b' su, shepherd'
<predicted>: b' of the shepherd'

<gold>: b' in my presence'
<predicted>: b' in my presence'

<gold>: b' Why ... ?'
<predicted>: b' saying: "Why'

<gold>: b' quaked.'
<predicted>: b' At that time,'

<gold>: b' let them make'
<predicted>: b' let him do'

<gold>: b' Witness Nan\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nan\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' Witness Dad\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Dad\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' Witness Siri.'
<predicted>: b" Witness Se'-uri."

<gold>: b' with kind words'
<predicted>: b' in the mouth of the case'

<gold>: b' we have departed'
<predicted>: b' we'

<gold>: b' wrote to me'
<predicted>: b' wrote to me'

<gold>: b' and his mouth'
<predicted>: b' in his mouth'

<gold>: b' feeble'
<predicted>: b' as much as the mountains'

<gold>: b' there is/are'
<predicted>: b' there is'

<gold>: b' Ilu-nuri'
<predicted>: b' Il-nuri'

<gold>: b' Witness Natunu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nahunu.'

<gold>: b' before my gods'
<predicted>: b' in the presence of the gods'

<gold>: b' before his trip'
<predicted>: b' in the presence of his road'

<gold>: b' until the 20th'
<predicted>: b' on the 20th day'

<gold>: b' should come out.'
<predicted>: b' or the'

<gold>: b' Remnants'
<predicted>: b' the leftovers'

<gold>: b' my mood became angry'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' , Nusku,'
<predicted>: b' , Nusku,'

<gold>: b' ... from ...'
<predicted>: b' ... from ...'

<gold>: b' they are ...'
<predicted>: b' ... s ... s'

<gold>: b' they have given'
<predicted>: b' with them'

<gold>: b' the lower fortress'
<predicted>: b' the city wall'

<gold>: b' is available.'
<predicted>: b' there is'

<gold>: b' I sent to'
<predicted>: b' I wrote to the'

<gold>: b' Witness Hanunu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Hanunu.'

<gold>: b' is surrounding'
<predicted>: b' which he/they'

<gold>: b' Now'
<predicted>: b' Now, when'

<gold>: b' before'
<predicted>: b' to us'

<gold>: b' the borders'
<predicted>: b' border'

<gold>: b' or the'
<predicted>: b' or the'

<gold>: b' your divinity'
<predicted>: b' and your gods'

<gold>: b' before him'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' I presented'
<predicted>: b' Now, let them leave'

<gold>: b' borders'
<predicted>: b' border'

<gold>: b' many'
<predicted>: b' tribute'

<gold>: b' containing'
<predicted>: b' in the heart'

<gold>: b' Month of the goddess B\xc4\x93let-il\xc4\xab, eponymy of'
<predicted>: b' th day, eponym year of NN.'

<gold>: b' letters'
<predicted>: b' letters'

<gold>: b' Nippur'
<predicted>: b' Nippur'

<gold>: b' collected'
<predicted>: b' he has made'

<gold>: b' Arbela'
<predicted>: b' Arbela'

<gold>: b' our heart'
<predicted>: b' our heart'

<gold>: b' NN, prefect;'
<predicted>: b' NN, prefect;'

<gold>: b' of mine'
<predicted>: b' You'

<gold>: b' ... gives'
<predicted>: b' ... s ...'

<gold>: b' I came'
<predicted>: b' I have come'

<gold>: b' inside them.'
<predicted>: b' inside them.'

<gold>: b' I rejoiced'
<predicted>: b' I conquered, conquered'

<gold>: b' I and'
<predicted>: b' saying: "I'

<gold>: b' our watch'
<predicted>: b' our watch'

<gold>: b' there is'
<predicted>: b' there is'

<gold>: b' I entered and'
<predicted>: b' , and (then)'

<gold>: b' to him'
<predicted>: b' upon him'

<gold>: b' When ...'
<predicted>: b' ... the day ...'

<gold>: b' we captured'
<predicted>: b' we will capture'

<gold>: b' crossed over'
<predicted>: b' letters'

<gold>: b' the fort'
<predicted>: b' the fort'

<gold>: b' in truth'
<predicted>: b' s, to'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0aba'
<predicted>: b' the city \xc5\xa0a-\xc5\xa1a-'

<gold>: b' Seal of Remanni-'
<predicted>: b' seal of Remanni-'

<gold>: b' my'
<predicted>: b' my weapons'

<gold>: b' Witness Ahuni.'
<predicted>: b" Witness Ah\xc3\xbb'unu."

<gold>: b' He may not eat fish,'
<predicted>: b' fish, a fish of beer;'

<gold>: b' of the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' of the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' Witness Sin-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Sin-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur.'

<gold>: b" Witness \xc5\xa0arru-isse'a."
<predicted>: b" Witness \xc5\xa0arru-isse'a."

<gold>: b' 2,232 ... s,'
<predicted>: b' 22+2 ... ;'

<gold>: b' ... -Bel, 2 women ...'
<predicted>: b' NN, farmer, x women, x women ... ;'

<gold>: b' Bel-lu-dari,'
<predicted>: b' of the palace of the city'

<gold>: b' (whether the army of Esarhaddon) will'
<predicted>: b' they shall give'

<gold>: b' He said: "The barley'
<predicted>: b' saying: "...'

<gold>: b' 1 seah, the 29th day;'
<predicted>: b' 2 seahs, the 29th day;'

<gold>: b' Witness Ki-Mama,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ki-Mama.'

<gold>: b' In all 2 hectares of field'
<predicted>: b' in all 2 hectares of land'

<gold>: b' total x+4 horses ...'
<predicted>: b' in all x+4 horses ... ;'

<gold>: b' 3 & baskets of fruit'
<predicted>: b' 3 baskets of leeks;'

<gold>: b' 1 reinforced lower garment ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto, ditto, ditto, ... ,'

<gold>: b' Witness Abi-ul-idi.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Abi-ul-idi.'

<gold>: b' 4 diagrams,'
<predicted>: b' 4 ditto, ditto, ditto;'

<gold>: b' The left of the gall bladder is attached'
<predicted>: b' The left of the gall bladder is attached.'

<gold>: b' I will not let (him) live'
<predicted>: b' will not live'

<gold>: b' goes (and) ... the king ...'
<predicted>: b' The king ... ,'

<gold>: b' I have written to the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' to the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' 9, 41, total 50 \xe2\x80\x94 Urda-'
<predicted>: b' 9 (men), 91, in all, NN;'

<gold>: b' x ditto, (of) the vigil;'
<predicted>: b' many'

<gold>: b" The 'cap' of the lung is split"
<predicted>: b" of the 'cap' of the lung is split"

<gold>: b' There are 7 unfavorable omens in this extispicy.'
<predicted>: b' There are 7 unfavorable features in the extispicy'

<gold>: b' Witness Issar-nadin-apli'
<predicted>: b' Witness Issar-nadin-apli.'

<gold>: b' The king ... to the left of ...'
<predicted>: b' the king in the gate of DN.'

<gold>: b' in all, 7 Ninevites.'
<predicted>: b' in all, 7 son of Nineveh.'

<gold>: b' the house of the king before the stone'
<predicted>: b' The king who before the seal of the seal'

<gold>: b' Witness ... , ... of the palace.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, palace of the palace.'

<gold>: b' -ili-\xc5\xa1allim\xc5\xa1unu, ditto.'
<predicted>: b' -ili-\xc5\xa1allim.'

<gold>: b' Witness Ahu-eriba. Witness NN.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ahu-eriba. Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' in all, 74 people, deportees'
<predicted>: b' in all, 74 people.'

<gold>: b' 3 kettles of copper;'
<predicted>: b' 3, of copper;'

<gold>: b' Witness Yadanu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Yaanu.'

<gold>: b' Urad-Adad, ... ;'
<predicted>: b' Urdu-Adad, ... ;'

<gold>: b' , the majestic one,'
<predicted>: b' of the wall'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, ...'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Amm\xc3\xa2.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Amaku.'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' The gall bladder is flattened'
<predicted>: b' The gall bladder is flattened.'

<gold>: b' not to capture the city'
<predicted>: b' the city, the city'

<gold>: b' and ... his kingship.'
<predicted>: b' ... the king'

<gold>: b' Witness Ir\xe1\xb9\xa3i\xe1\xb9\xa3u.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xe1\xb9\xa2\xe1\xb9\xa3i-\xe1\xb9\xa3\xe1\xb9\xa3i.'

<gold>: b' 1 writing-board'
<predicted>: b' 1 writing-board'

<gold>: b' , son of Kudurru.'
<predicted>: b' , son of Kudurru,'

<gold>: b' Witness Ig\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Is\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' I will array the'
<predicted>: b' s of the yoke'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ahu-'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ahu-'

<gold>: b' they shall lay,'
<predicted>: b' they place'

<gold>: b' equipment of ... ;'
<predicted>: b' utensils ... ,'

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-ere\xc5\xa1.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bel-ere\xc5\xa1.'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-'

<gold>: b' 2 wood pigeons;'
<predicted>: b' 2 wood pigeons, ditto ditto;'

<gold>: b' Witness Garu\xe1\xb9\xa3u,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Guru.'

<gold>: b' Witness \xe1\xb9\xacuri.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xe1\xb9\xacir\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' me. The king knows'
<predicted>: b' The king does not'

<gold>: b' you did not cheat'
<predicted>: b' , saying: "'

<gold>: b' do not ... their ...'
<predicted>: b' ... their ... does not ...'

<gold>: b' when he entered my presence'
<predicted>: b' have entered.'

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ar-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ar-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' ... sincere ... ?'
<predicted>: b' ... s, captives, ... ,'

<gold>: b' -ahhe-iddina.'
<predicted>: b' in all, ditto, ditto.'

<gold>: b' total, the prefect of'
<predicted>: b' in all, the governor'

<gold>: b' Witness Ura\xc5\xa1-riba.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Belet-eriba.'

<gold>: b' Witness Ubru-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ubru-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' Witness Saklu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Sakkannu.'

<gold>: b' 30 hectares of field,'
<predicted>: b' x+30 hectares of land'

<gold>: b' in a ... boat ...'
<predicted>: b' in the mina of ... ,'

<gold>: b' ;'
<predicted>: b" of the middle of the 'finger'"

<gold>: b' Witness Barruqu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Barruqu, ditto.'

<gold>: b' coloured;'
<predicted>: b" the 'pouch'"

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bel-'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-'

<gold>: b' ... of ...'
<predicted>: b' ... of ...'

<gold>: b' \xe1\xb9\xacab\xc3\xae'
<predicted>: b' \xe1\xb9\xacab\xc3\xae'

<gold>: b' seven lions.'
<predicted>: b' 7 not open'

<gold>: b' of oil'
<predicted>: b' of the oil'

<gold>: b' not to enter'
<predicted>: b' did not say'

<gold>: b' they do'
<predicted>: b' they will do'

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ulmu-'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ulmu-'

<gold>: b' should be confident'
<predicted>: b' , or by himself,'

<gold>: b' did not pass'
<predicted>: b' did not pass'

<gold>: b' Rimutu'
<predicted>: b' Rimutu;'

<gold>: b' of Inurta-'
<predicted>: b' From Inurta-'

<gold>: b' there I opened'
<predicted>: b' there'

<gold>: b' t\xc3\xaa.'
<predicted>: b' you will go.'

<gold>: b' Zan\xc3\xa2,'
<predicted>: b' ditto, ditto (of) his lord,'

<gold>: b' Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb'
<predicted>: b' Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb,'

<gold>: b' they together with'
<predicted>: b' ;'

<gold>: b' Witness Agu'
<predicted>: b" Witness A'i."

<gold>: b' sweet oil'
<predicted>: b" the king's word,"

<gold>: b' into the presence'
<predicted>: b' to the presence'

<gold>: b' Ahunu'
<predicted>: b" Ahu'u, ditto;"

<gold>: b' this'
<predicted>: b' this'

<gold>: b' straw'
<predicted>: b' straw'

<gold>: b' Elam'
<predicted>: b' Elam'

<gold>: b' Concerning'
<predicted>: b' upon it'

<gold>: b' Babylon'
<predicted>: b' Babylon'

<gold>: b' Marduk'
<predicted>: b' the god Marduk,'

<gold>: b' died'
<predicted>: b' in the presence of'

<gold>: b' ;'
<predicted>: b' He said: "I have said to me: "'

<gold>: b' Urzana'
<predicted>: b' , (and) Ur\xc4\x81nanu;'

<gold>: b' before'
<predicted>: b' to the presence'

<gold>: b' he fled'
<predicted>: b' with the land'

<gold>: b' I agree'
<predicted>: b' I will do'

<gold>: b' The enemy'
<predicted>: b' the enemy'

<gold>: b' the star'
<predicted>: b' s of Akkad'

<gold>: b' the servants'
<predicted>: b' the servants'

<gold>: b' another to'
<predicted>: b' second to'

<gold>: b' greatly my'
<predicted>: b' my'

<gold>: b' Babylon'
<predicted>: b' Babylon'

<gold>: b' Total:'
<predicted>: b' total, the'

<gold>: b' Pleiades;'
<predicted>: b' , the Seven Gods (and)'

<gold>: b' his rule'
<predicted>: b' his lord'

<gold>: b' E\xe1\xb9\xaderu'
<predicted>: b' E\xe1\xb9\xaderu;'

<gold>: b' Assyria'
<predicted>: b' -A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' of your house'
<predicted>: b' of the house of NN.'

<gold>: b' of the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' , saying: "The words'
<predicted>: b' , saying: "'

<gold>: b' down where there are shelters.'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-lu-bala\xe1\xb9\xad,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bel-lu-'

<gold>: b' that I had been waiting for,'
<predicted>: b' which I sent'

<gold>: b' the moon will be seen with the sun'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 the moon is seen with the sun.'

<gold>: b' Two qa, one half akalu.'
<predicted>: b" 2 'litre' of spiced bread;"

<gold>: b' ... -Adad, his servant'
<predicted>: b' ... s, his servant,'

<gold>: b' x ditto ditto, ... ;'
<predicted>: b' x ... s ditto;'

<gold>: b' 5 loaves, 1 ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 5 ditto, ... ;'

<gold>: b' 1 seah, the 16th day;'
<predicted>: b' 1 seah, the 16th day;'

<gold>: b' We did not disclose'
<predicted>: b' we do not'

<gold>: b' The forts of the king, my lord, are well.'
<predicted>: b' Good health to'

<gold>: b' the ... s of the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' ... the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' Witness ... bidi-... , ...'
<predicted>: b' Witness ... , ditto.'

<gold>: b' and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Sin-aplu-iddina and his sons,'
<predicted>: b' Sin-aplu-iddina'

<gold>: b' Now, may the king pass a judgement in favour of his servant for the'
<predicted>: b' Now to'

<gold>: b" The 'increment' is normal"
<predicted>: b" The 'increment' is normal"

<gold>: b' a total of 5 gentlemen, owners of the'
<predicted>: b' in all 5 men, owners of the'

<gold>: b' into the presence of the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' to the presence'

<gold>: b' 2 dromedaries, 3 donkeys.'
<predicted>: b" 2 ditto of 3 spans' height;"

<gold>: b' x minas of silver, Ahu-lamur;'
<predicted>: b' Ahu-lamur;'

<gold>: b' Witness Adad-nagi.'
<predicted>: b" Witness Adad-na'id."

<gold>: b' I have heard'
<predicted>: b' I have heard'

<gold>: b' , Garaba'
<predicted>: b' Gara ditto,'

<gold>: b' the crown prince.'
<predicted>: b' the crown prince.'

<gold>: b' the land of Halzi'
<predicted>: b' the land of Halzi'

<gold>: b' the Dais of Destinies'
<predicted>: b' x, the governor;'

<gold>: b' x homers of barley'
<predicted>: b' barley'

<gold>: b' removed, are good for'
<predicted>: b' , the might of'

<gold>: b" Am-ra'i"
<predicted>: b' Am-r\xc3\xae,'

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0<<unk>>-'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0e-'

<gold>: b" -ila'i"
<predicted>: b" -ila'i."

<gold>: b' Witness El-u'
<predicted>: b" Witness Bit-u'a."

<gold>: b' The lower part is elevated'
<predicted>: b' The lower part is elevated'

<gold>: b' from the city of'
<predicted>: b' from the town of'

<gold>: b' he/they do not'
<predicted>: b' not'

<gold>: b' x mare(s):'
<predicted>: b' x, x mares.'

<gold>: b' and diarrhoea'
<predicted>: b' and'

<gold>: b' I departed from the city'
<predicted>: b' from the town of'

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-ibni,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bel-ibni.'

<gold>: b' to the presence of the king'
<predicted>: b' to the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' Month Sivan (III),'
<predicted>: b' Month of Sivan (III),'

<gold>: b' : in the village of'
<predicted>: b' in the village of'

<gold>: b' of styrax'
<predicted>: b' (Property) of the bought'

<gold>: b' x linen ... s;'
<predicted>: b' ... the front of the ... s'

<gold>: b' you'
<predicted>: b' you'

<gold>: b' for one ... ;'
<predicted>: b' to one ...'

<gold>: b' 1 mina ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 1 mina ... ;'

<gold>: b' , 83 from'
<predicted>: b' 8, from'

<gold>: b' total \xe2\x80\x94 Ninurta.'
<predicted>: b' total \xe2\x80\x94 the god Ninurta.'

<gold>: b' my dead one'
<predicted>: b' my'

<gold>: b' and the towns'
<predicted>: b' and the towns'

<gold>: b' , let him do'
<predicted>: b' let him do'

<gold>: b' and in case'
<predicted>: b' and when'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, ...'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, ...'

<gold>: b' let him come here'
<predicted>: b' let them come'

<gold>: b' let him/them'
<predicted>: b' let them send'

<gold>: b' Belet-parakki'
<predicted>: b' -nadin-ahhe.'

<gold>: b' you shall come to me'
<predicted>: b' you shall come'

<gold>: b' death (may) occur'
<predicted>: b' will die.'

<gold>: b' we stayed two days in'
<predicted>: b' 2 days in'

<gold>: b' ... \xe2\x80\x94 4 persons;'
<predicted>: b' NN, 4 persons;'

<gold>: b' let him speak'
<predicted>: b' let them speak'

<gold>: b' ... the xth day;'
<predicted>: b' ... the xth day;'

<gold>: b' ... ,'
<predicted>: b' ... the king'

<gold>: b' does not bring'
<predicted>: b' not'

<gold>: b' after us'
<predicted>: b' Afterwards.'

<gold>: b' are going'
<predicted>: b' they go'

<gold>: b' there was'
<predicted>: b' there is'

<gold>: b' they enter'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' and to'
<predicted>: b' and to'

<gold>: b' will spare'
<predicted>: b' is complete'

<gold>: b' I have seen'
<predicted>: b' I will see.'

<gold>: b' purification rites,'
<predicted>: b' he is'

<gold>: b' breaks the contract'
<predicted>: b' x breaks the contract'

<gold>: b" -Se';"
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' Total, ...'
<predicted>: b' in all x \xe2\x80\x94 NN... ,'

<gold>: b' brick-courses'
<predicted>: b' 20+year-olds,'

<gold>: b' Puka'
<predicted>: b' Pik'

<gold>: b' 9 donkeys,'
<predicted>: b' 9 horses'

<gold>: b' The king ...'
<predicted>: b' the king ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Abu-eriba.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Abi-eriba.'

<gold>: b' have gone'
<predicted>: b' they came'

<gold>: b' The coils of the colon are 14 in number'
<predicted>: b' The coils of the colon are 14 in number'

<gold>: b' 1 (tablet of) Izbu ... ,'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto, ... ;'

<gold>: b" Witness Sin-na'id,"
<predicted>: b" Witness Sin-na'id,"

<gold>: b' a 2-seah jar of ... ;'
<predicted>: b' a 2-seah jar of ... ;'

<gold>: b' in the city and the open country'
<predicted>: b' in the city of the town'

<gold>: b' , x+2 persons; NN,'
<predicted>: b' , x+2 persons; NN,'

<gold>: b' ... ; NN, ... ; ... ;'
<predicted>: b' ... the ... s ...'

<gold>: b' for the god (and) the king'
<predicted>: b' to the king.'

<gold>: b' in the presence of the king'
<predicted>: b' the deportees'

<gold>: b' 2 gold rings, 2 minas in weight;'
<predicted>: b' 2 (of) of silver;'

<gold>: b' seal of NN, ... ,'
<predicted>: b' seal of NN,'

<gold>: b' in regard to the rite(s)'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the rites'

<gold>: b' Somebody will go (and) bring in'
<predicted>: b' x hundred'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, wrote to me:'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' The priests circumambulated the House of God and the temples.'
<predicted>: b' he went up'

<gold>: b' 12 (pieces of) "small" breccia;'
<predicted>: b' 12 ditto, ditto, of ...;'

<gold>: b' and ... temple (of) ... , which ... up to ... gate (of) ...'
<predicted>: b' ... ditto ...'

<gold>: b" The top of the 'finger'"
<predicted>: b" The top of the 'finger' is split"

<gold>: b' Witness Al-ili.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Al-ili.'

<gold>: b' the king in the palace'
<predicted>: b' the king goes straight to the palace.'

<gold>: b' , saying: "Why'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' ... mari, ...'
<predicted>: b' ... -garments ... ;'

<gold>: b' the second-best'
<predicted>: b' the work'

<gold>: b' the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' a mural crown of'
<predicted>: b' s of the tablet'

<gold>: b' the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' I sent (word)'
<predicted>: b' I wrote'

<gold>: b' me, her servant.'
<predicted>: b' x+1, servant;'

<gold>: b' climbs up.'
<predicted>: b' will come.'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ep-... , ditto ditto;'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ep-... ,'

<gold>: b' king, my lord,'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' they have been erased'
<predicted>: b' their face'

<gold>: b' the king, my lord,'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' th day, eponym year of'
<predicted>: b' th day, eponym year of NN.'

<gold>: b' Seal of NN, son of'
<predicted>: b' seal of'

<gold>: b' of silver'
<predicted>: b' of silver'

<gold>: b' over the food allocation ...'
<predicted>: b" upon the back of the 'finger.'"

<gold>: b' Arh\xc3\xaa, gardener,'
<predicted>: b' Arbayu, gardener;'

<gold>: b' I said to my lord'
<predicted>: b' I said to my lord'

<gold>: b' the Moabite'
<predicted>: b' the Medes'

<gold>: b' a man \xe2\x80\x94 the hem'
<predicted>: b' x, the tailor;'

<gold>: b' ... the army of ...'
<predicted>: b' The army of ... and the army of ...'

<gold>: b' , to vice governorship'
<predicted>: b' The delegate of the town of Ki'

<gold>: b' ... the king of Elam'
<predicted>: b' ... the king of Elam ...'

<gold>: b' x mules from Arbela:'
<predicted>: b' x mules from Arbela;'

<gold>: b' An earthquake portends revolution.'
<predicted>: b' If (the earth) quakes a crown:'

<gold>: b' From A\xc5\xa1aredu the older.'
<predicted>: b' From A\xc5\xa1aredu the older.'

<gold>: b' -Inurta, Mutakkil-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'
<predicted>: b' Ninurta-taklak,'

<gold>: b' News of Merodach-Baladan'
<predicted>: b' News of Merodach-Baladan'

<gold>: b' whatever in the town Urku'
<predicted>: b' What are in the city Urku'

<gold>: b' are keeping watch over them.'
<predicted>: b' are keeping their watch.'

<gold>: b' you will guard. Here'
<predicted>: b' I shall give back to him.'

<gold>: b' who came, they will conquer'
<predicted>: b' they will come.'

<gold>: b' Of the 200 men of'
<predicted>: b' ... their ... s,'

<gold>: b' Witness Tariba-Issar, tailor.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Eriba-Issar, tailor.'

<gold>: b" 300 Itu'aeans"
<predicted>: b" 300 (homers) of the Itu'eans"

<gold>: b' The vertebrae are recessed'
<predicted>: b' The vertebrae are recessed. The heart of the colon'

<gold>: b' archers'
<predicted>: b' archers, archers'

<gold>: b' 1,000 men ...'
<predicted>: b' x+1 men,'

<gold>: b' Nineveh, Kilizi'
<predicted>: b' Nineveh, (and) Nineveh.'

<gold>: b' Mardian\xc3\xaa'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the town of Madiia.'

<gold>: b' Previously'
<predicted>: b' will listen to him'

<gold>: b' horses, mules,'
<predicted>: b' x, ditto, x, of all;'

<gold>: b' in all 4 Samaneans.'
<predicted>: b' in all, 4 people from the town of Sar\xc3\xa2.'

<gold>: b' Elam, the Chief'
<predicted>: b' Elam'

<gold>: b' A tureen of bouillon;'
<predicted>: b' a tureen of bouillon;'

<gold>: b' NN, scribe.'
<predicted>: b' NN, scribe.'

<gold>: b' ; for fear of'
<predicted>: b' What are upon them?'

<gold>: b' 111 Kushite,'
<predicted>: b' x+11 Kushite,'

<gold>: b' there are servants of'
<predicted>: b' The servants of'

<gold>: b' ... does not agree'
<predicted>: b' ... he did not ...'

<gold>: b' concerning oxen and rams'
<predicted>: b' s, his oxen, and the rams.'

<gold>: b' Now then the people of the country'
<predicted>: b' Now then the people of the land'

<gold>: b" A 'foot'-mark in the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is ... towards the area of the 'finger.'"
<predicted>: b" In the top of the right surface of the 'finger' there is a 'foot'-mark which faces the top of the 'finger.'"

<gold>: b' A cup of fig-beer;'
<predicted>: b' a cup of fig-beer;'

<gold>: b' 300 horses, month of Sivan (III), 10th day.'
<predicted>: b' 37 horses, month of Sivan (III), 10th day.'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x9c\xc5\xa0akkan\xe2\x80\x99s lofty hand\xe2\x80\x9d: the Sheep Gate.'
<predicted>: b" The 'hand' of Nanaya. The Gate of the Gru Gate."

<gold>: b' However, if you do not guard (the treaty)'
<predicted>: b' when you was not like the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' My Ta\xc5\xa1metu, I will put on you bracelets of carnelian!'
<predicted>: b' rings, rings, (and) thus (and) a golden silver'

<gold>: b' Month Shebat (XI), eponym year of Mar-larim,'
<predicted>: b' Month of Shebat (XI), eponym year of Mar-larim.'

<gold>: b' ni, and Milki-uri, a total of 3 persons \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' , Milki-ki-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, in all 3 persons,'

<gold>: b' Witness Mullissu-metu-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mullissu-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad.'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 It is seen on the 15th day with the sun.'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 On the 15th day it was seen with the sun.'

<gold>: b' Witness Abdunu, horse trainer of the king.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Abunu, horse trainer of the king.'

<gold>: b' The woman Bass\xc3\xae, 3 sons, in all 4.'
<predicted>: b' The woman Bis\xc3\xae, in all 4 sons of 4 spans.'

<gold>: b' 4 homers of beer, 1 homer of wine for mixing.'
<predicted>: b' 4 hectares, ditto, ditto, wine, ... ,'

<gold>: b' th day of this month, the month Iyyar (II), to the'
<predicted>: b' th day of this month, Iyyar (II), to the'

<gold>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a drawing: there will be an eclipse.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a moon: there will be hostility.'

<gold>: b' The moon will become visible in Adar (XII) on the 30th day.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Adar (XII) on the 30th day.'

<gold>: b' If a cow gives birth to three (young): the mind of the land will change.'
<predicted>: b' If a cow gives birth to three (youns): the mind of the land will change.'

<gold>: b' May ... give life of distant days, old age and fullness of life to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' to the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b" The 'station' is present. The middle of the 'path' is effaced. The 'well-being' is present"
<predicted>: b" The 'station' is present. The 'path' is present. The 'well-being' is present. The 'well-being' is present."

<gold>: b' ... ayu and his people, NN and his people,'
<predicted>: b' ... ayu and his people, NN and his people,'

<gold>: b' 1 grove; 4 vegetable gardens;'
<predicted>: b' 1 grove, 4 vegetable garden;'

<gold>: b' ... darkness that ... to the king ...'
<predicted>: b' ... who ... in the presence of ... ,'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-aplu-iddina,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-aplu-iddina,'

<gold>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-Arbail.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-Arbail.'

<gold>: b' he has ... ed a certain stratagem'
<predicted>: b' I have heard that'

<gold>: b' before the (king) of Hamath'
<predicted>: b' at the disposal of the mayor.'

<gold>: b' The king should identify his enemy'
<predicted>: b' The king, his lord, is very glad.'

<gold>: b' they (the gods) guided me and'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' kidneys, hearts; 5 whole sheep,'
<predicted>: b' x, hearts, 5, sheep \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'
<predicted>: b' He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b' (Thus) each kor is delayed.'
<predicted>: b' I am (now) writing to me.'

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ulmu-\xc5\xa1arri, eunuch, ditto.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ulmu-\xc5\xa1arri, eunuch.'

<gold>: b' 2, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-metu-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad (and)'
<predicted>: b' 2 ditto \xe2\x80\x94 \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-metu-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad;'

<gold>: b' Total: 4, in the charge of Ululayu.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 4 from Ululayu.'

<gold>: b' Witness Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb. Witness Ass\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb. Witness Amus\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' x, deputies and scribes of governors;'
<predicted>: b' , deputy of the scribes, of the province of the Destinies.'

<gold>: b' ... May the king ... the fowler,'
<predicted>: b' ... the king, my lord, should ... ,'

<gold>: b' a flagon of marmena-yoghurt;'
<predicted>: b' a flagon of marmena-yoghurt;'

<gold>: b' Don\xe2\x80\x99t be negligent!'
<predicted>: b' you shall not be negligent.'

<gold>: b' ... will not ... upon it ...'
<predicted>: b' ... the town of Tyre ...'

<gold>: b' and tell him: Come ... !'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, will say: "... "'

<gold>: b' they have set off. What'
<predicted>: b' I will listen to him'

<gold>: b" , we are with him.'"
<predicted>: b' they are bringing us'

<gold>: b' , Kur\xc3\xa2, Hampa'
<predicted>: b' Kzaz\xc3\xa2, Hunaya;'

<gold>: b' ? Will his illness leave him?'
<predicted>: b' let them bring him out and sick'

<gold>: b' the 13th day of this month'
<predicted>: b' On the 13th day of this month,'

<gold>: b' as far as Sazan\xc3\xa2.'
<predicted>: b' as far as the town of Sar\xc3\xa2.'

<gold>: b' Witness Ubru-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, conscript.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ubru-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, conscript.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-a\xc5\xa1ared, scribe.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-a\xc5\xa1ared, scribe.'

<gold>: b' ... will make less ... and ...'
<predicted>: b' Now, let me ...'

<gold>: b' Nergal-dan, In... :'
<predicted>: b" Nergal-da''inanni,"

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-\xc5\xa1allim-ahhe.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-\xc5\xa1allim-ahhe.'

<gold>: b' the king, my lord, said'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, said:'

<gold>: b' 9 bulls and cows ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 9 oxen, cattle, ... ;'

<gold>: b' 1 tray of thick bread loaves;'
<predicted>: b' 1 tray of thick bread loaves;'

<gold>: b' 360 door-beams'
<predicted>: b' 386 roof-beams'

<gold>: b' The sown seed is also'
<predicted>: b" The king's word to him"

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0abire\xc5\xa1u'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the city \xc5\xa0a-Imb\xc3\xae,'

<gold>: b' Venus ...'
<predicted>: b' If Venus comes close to ...'

<gold>: b' returned them'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' subject themselves,'
<predicted>: b' the god Marduk, the great god,'

<gold>: b' whatever my fault is'
<predicted>: b' What is the fault of the king?'

<gold>: b' 2 before Mars,'
<predicted>: b' 2 before Mars,'

<gold>: b' Ziz\xc3\xae, gate-guard;'
<predicted>: b' Ziz\xc3\xae, porter.'

<gold>: b' Witness Add\xc3\xa2, scribe.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Add\xc3\xa2, scribe.'

<gold>: b' x tubes ... band;'
<predicted>: b' ... tubes, (and) ... ;'

<gold>: b' together with its villages.'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the village of his villages.'

<gold>: b' tribute of Tuatti,'
<predicted>: b' The tribute of Tuati'

<gold>: b' go! Merodach-Baladan'
<predicted>: b' , and Marduk-aplu-iddina'

<gold>: b' I appointed him as the'
<predicted>: b' I sent him to man.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the day is advanced'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the day'

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ar-Nab\xc3\xbb-allaka.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ar-Nab\xc3\xbb-aninu.'

<gold>: b' year'
<predicted>: b' brick-stone'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me:'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me'

<gold>: b' The ... s ate in the ... -house;'
<predicted>: b' ... and ... s in ...'

<gold>: b' 100 men of the temple should cut reed ... !'
<predicted>: b' x+2 men of the palace; ...'

<gold>: b' ... will go up and ... the gate of ...'
<predicted>: b' ... (and) ... of the main gate ...'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x9cShould the soup be removed?\xe2\x80\x9d Favourable.'
<predicted>: b' I am going to you.'

<gold>: b' who are going, are important (men) in the region'
<predicted>: b' who go into the presence of the brazier'

<gold>: b' May king, my lord, do as he deems best.'
<predicted>: b' Let them do as he wishes.'

<gold>: b' Total, commander-in-chief; cubit of Arpad.'
<predicted>: b" in all, x: the 'residences' of the Dions."

<gold>: b' 3 necklaces of braids of gold;'
<predicted>: b' 3 necklace of ... , ditto of gold;'

<gold>: b' Witness Ahu-illika, royal bodyguard.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ahi-ibni, royal bodyguard.'

<gold>: b' Witness Sin-abu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, scribe, keeper of the tablet.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Sin-abu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, scribe.'

<gold>: b' x ... garments, the front red, of the port, not;'
<predicted>: b' x+1 garments, the front red, of the port;'

<gold>: b' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number'
<predicted>: b' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number.'

<gold>: b' Remanni-Adad, chief chariot driver, has contracted and bought it from Dad\xc3\xae for'
<predicted>: b' , has contracted and bought it for x minas of silver.'

<gold>: b' writing board of the temple of the god S\xc3\xaen of the city \xe1\xb8\xaaarr\xc4\x81n.'
<predicted>: b' the house of the house of Harran'

<gold>: b" The upper/lower part is elevated. The base of the middle part is 'loose.'"
<predicted>: b" is split. The base of the middle part is 'loose.'"

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 Cancer stands in the halo of the moon.'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 Cancer stands in the halo of the moon.'

<gold>: b' of the temple, which were taken.'
<predicted>: b' the temple of the House of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' (and) handed them over to ...'
<predicted>: b' in the hands of ...'

<gold>: b' City of merry-making, Arbela,'
<predicted>: b' , town the city of Arbela.'

<gold>: b' a basket of (mixed) fruit.'
<predicted>: b' a basket of (mixed) fruit.'

<gold>: b' a basket of (mixed) fruit.'
<predicted>: b' a basket of (mixed) fruit.'

<gold>: b' x ... s of agate, small;'
<predicted>: b' x ... s of agate, small;'

<gold>: b' s, 1 seah of refined sesame oil'
<predicted>: b' s, 6 seahs of sesame oil;'

<gold>: b' or a vizier, or a ... ,'
<predicted>: b' or the vizier, or ... ,'

<gold>: b' Witness Issar-ma\xc5\xa1lallate.'
<predicted>: b" Witness Issar-na'id,"

<gold>: b' 8 bags of (mixed) kernels.'
<predicted>: b' 8 bags of (mixed) kernels.'

<gold>: b' make his name (and) his seed disappear.'
<predicted>: b' make his name (and) his seed disappear.'

<gold>: b' ?" He said: "To the open country'
<predicted>: b' eans in the steppe;'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant'

<gold>: b' x (governor of) Calah, inside ...'
<predicted>: b' ... Calah in the town of ...'

<gold>: b' Witness A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-nadin-ahi, priest.'
<predicted>: b' Witness A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-nadin-ahi, priest.'

<gold>: b' adjoining the field of Ahi-limmi,'
<predicted>: b' adjoining the field of Ahu-\xc5\xa1allim,'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-tuklassu-ana-'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-ballate-ana-'

<gold>: b' ),'
<predicted>: b' is his protor.'

<gold>: b' To the deputy (governor), my lord:'
<predicted>: b' to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' A thigh, a shoulder, outer cuts;'
<predicted>: b' A thigh, a shoulder, outer cuts;'

<gold>: b' witness Mannu-ki-Adad, ... ,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-Adad, ditto.'

<gold>: b' 60 house-gowns, ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 60 gowns ... ;'

<gold>: b' If ... : the harvest will not increase.'
<predicted>: b' If ... does not good, ...'

<gold>: b' lamentation singers (kal\xc3\xbb) who pacify (10)'
<predicted>: b' , chief of the craftsmen;'

<gold>: b' We shall not ... , we are exempt ... "'
<predicted>: b' ... your exempt ...'

<gold>: b' a 2-seah jar of am\xc5\xabmu-beer;'
<predicted>: b' a 2-seah jar of am\xc5\xabmu-beer;'

<gold>: b' 7 litres 6th day of Tebet (X);'
<predicted>: b" 7 'litres', the 6th of Tebet (X)."

<gold>: b' one ditto \xe2\x80\x94 La-tuba\xc5\xa1anni-ilu;'
<predicted>: b' 1, La-tuba\xc5\xa1anni-ilu.'

<gold>: b' when he grasped my feet, ... "'
<predicted>: b' at my feet, the ... ,'

<gold>: b' ... hectares of field ... vineyard ... ,'
<predicted>: b' x hectares of arable land ... ,'

<gold>: b' 2 of the town of Bit-Zamani'
<predicted>: b' 2 ditto of Bit-Zamani'

<gold>: b' 25 ditto, from the meal ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 25, from the (grown of) throne.'

<gold>: b' 5 talents for twine of linen.'
<predicted>: b' 5 talents, ditto, of the port(s);'

<gold>: b' ... -\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, prefect;'
<predicted>: b' ... -\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, prefect;'

<gold>: b' Witness Sin-ka\xc5\xa1ir, scribe.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Sin-ka\xc5\xa1ir, scribe.'

<gold>: b' 20 hectares, ditto, ditto, chief cupbearer;'
<predicted>: b' 20 hectares, ditto, ditto, chief cupbearer;'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, skipper.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, boat builder.'

<gold>: b' about which the king, my lord, wrote to me,'
<predicted>: b' the king, my lord, wrote to me'

<gold>: b' of the city, owner of the vegetable garden (and)'
<predicted>: b' , town of the garden, adjoining the garden,'

<gold>: b' soldiers have broken their treaty with the king of Damascus and are going to Hamath; from among them'
<predicted>: b' treaty from'

<gold>: b' kiki or his sons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Milki-nuri,'
<predicted>: b' whether his sons'

<gold>: b' Bel-u\xc5\xa1allim. Month Iyyar (II), 4th day, eponym year of NN.'
<predicted>: b' Month Iyyar (II), 4th day, eponym year of'

<gold>: b' Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "... do you ... ?"'
<predicted>: b' Perhaps ... ,'

<gold>: b' Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "A female servant'
<predicted>: b' says: "The people of'

<gold>: b' An estate of Aplu-... : the house is assigned to ... ;'
<predicted>: b' An estate of Aplaya ... , ...'

<gold>: b' If the moon disappears: evil will be established for the land.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a halo: there will be hostility.'

<gold>: b' Sennacherib, king of Assyria, (ordained):'
<predicted>: b' Sin-ahhe-riba, king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' At the Tabira Gate in Inner City (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur).'
<predicted>: b' in the gates of the city'

<gold>: b" a table, one 'litre' of strong bread upon it"
<predicted>: b' 1 table, 1 seah of ... ,'

<gold>: b' He pours wine and beer on the head and the feet'
<predicted>: b' He pours wine and beer'

<gold>: b' ... they have contracted ... , have not rested.'
<predicted>: b' ... they seized ... from them.'

<gold>: b' "there are no Itu\'u (troops)'
<predicted>: b' is not able to him.'

<gold>: b' ed with them. When they saw that he had heard'
<predicted>: b' when they saw'

<gold>: b' Witness Tar\xe1\xb9\xa3i-Issar. Witness Dilil-Issar.'
<predicted>: b' Witness breast-Issar. Witness Dilil-Issar.'

<gold>: b" Witness A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-da''in-\xc5\xa1arri, ditto."
<predicted>: b" Witness A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-da''in-\xc5\xa1arri."

<gold>: b' I gave him ... The city ...'
<predicted>: b' I went to him'

<gold>: b' Disregard what happens after my stipulated term'
<predicted>: b' Disregard what happens after my stipulated term'

<gold>: b" Witness Apladad-ila'i."
<predicted>: b" Witness Ea-ila'i."

<gold>: b' From Nergal-e\xe1\xb9\xadir.'
<predicted>: b' From Nergal-e\xe1\xb9\xadir.'

<gold>: b' ... of the city ...'
<predicted>: b' ... of which ... oxen ...'

<gold>: b' his seed and his family'
<predicted>: b' and his people,'

<gold>: b' from here'
<predicted>: b' From this very moment'

<gold>: b' From Nergal-e\xe1\xb9\xadir.'
<predicted>: b' From Nergal-e\xe1\xb9\xadir.'

<gold>: b' we gave each other'
<predicted>: b' we have given to him'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-\xc5\xa1ezib,'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-\xc5\xa1ezib, treasurer.'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-kallimanni'
<predicted>: b" A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-ka''in"

<gold>: b' From Nergal-e\xe1\xb9\xadir.'
<predicted>: b' From Nergal-e\xe1\xb9\xadir.'

<gold>: b' Witness Na\xc5\xa1uh-dal\xc3\xa2.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Na\xc5\xa1uh-dal\xc3\xa2.'

<gold>: b' Ninurta-ilaya,'
<predicted>: b' Ninurta-ilaya,'

<gold>: b' and intercede for me.'
<predicted>: b' , saying: "'

<gold>: b' the house of Dummuqu'
<predicted>: b' the house of Dalliqu,'

<gold>: b' a bodyguard'
<predicted>: b' the royal bodyguard'

<gold>: b' are afraid'
<predicted>: b' , (and)'

<gold>: b' their'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' Which god'
<predicted>: b' The god(s)'

<gold>: b' , I have no successful opponent;'
<predicted>: b' who is in their service'

<gold>: b' and seven citizens of Kish'
<predicted>: b' and seven men'

<gold>: b' Balassu to NN'
<predicted>: b' Balas\xc3\xae to NN,'

<gold>: b' to Elam'
<predicted>: b' to Elam'

<gold>: b' to the magnates'
<predicted>: b' s.'

<gold>: b' ... -le\xc5\xa1ir'
<predicted>: b" ... -ila'i"

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ulmu-ahhe,'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0ulmu-ahhe,'

<gold>: b' Hubu\xc5\xa1kia'
<predicted>: b' Hubu\xc5\xa1kia'

<gold>: b' Kalbi-Uk\xc3\xbb'
<predicted>: b' Kalbi-Uk\xc3\xbb'

<gold>: b' He prepares the bed ...'
<predicted>: b' You shall ... in the bed.'

<gold>: b' to the magnates of/who'
<predicted>: b' to the magnates'

<gold>: b' (that) he now is'
<predicted>: b' Now that he is making to him'

<gold>: b" and \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-le'i"
<predicted>: b' and \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-aplu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur'

<gold>: b" of Na'id-Marduk"
<predicted>: b" of Na'id-Marduk"

<gold>: b" by the Assyrian 'litre',"
<predicted>: b' by the 1st of Assyria'

<gold>: b' 1, mayor Bel-e\xe1\xb9\xadir;'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto \xe2\x80\x94 Bel-e\xe1\xb9\xadir;'

<gold>: b' Adad-nerari (II),'
<predicted>: b' Adad-nerari (III),'

<gold>: b' Tab-eter-Ashur.'
<predicted>: b' La-qipu,'

<gold>: b' Nergal-alik-pani.'
<predicted>: b' Nergal-alik-pani.'

<gold>: b' he (and) the governor'
<predicted>: b" he is a governor's"

<gold>: b' Verily not a cup'
<predicted>: b' whether a cup of wine'

<gold>: b' i\xe1\xb9\xa3aya, merchant.'
<predicted>: b' Jupiter'

<gold>: b' creature of the god Ea,'
<predicted>: b" the 'hand' of god Ea."

<gold>: b' If they, having planned,'
<predicted>: b' when they had made, when'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x9cOnce or twice'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x9cI shall speak to the second'

<gold>: b' into my hands, before'
<predicted>: b' to my hands'

<gold>: b' Ashur-ishmanni,'
<predicted>: b' Ninurta-ilaya,'

<gold>: b' the men who fled to'
<predicted>: b' , and I'

<gold>: b' 5 cups for the bathroom;'
<predicted>: b" 5 'litres' of the palaceroom;"

<gold>: b' Witness Adad-ka\xc5\xa1ir,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Adad-ka\xc5\xa1ir,'

<gold>: b' , and the field of Pu\xe1\xb9\xadi'
<predicted>: b' adjoining the field of Pu\xe1\xb9\xad'

<gold>: b' will increase by a third.'
<predicted>: b' It shall increase by a third.'

<gold>: b' Hubu\xc5\xa1kia'
<predicted>: b' Hubu\xc5\xa1kia'

<gold>: b' I wrote to you'
<predicted>: b' I have written to me'

<gold>: b' 8 minas of silver'
<predicted>: b' ... x minas of silver'

<gold>: b' and the cover that'
<predicted>: b' and the drain of the city'

<gold>: b' I shall not give the'
<predicted>: b' The rest from'

<gold>: b' his land for flour'
<predicted>: b' his country to the banks of'

<gold>: b' he brought them here'
<predicted>: b' they will kill them.'

<gold>: b' I told them:'
<predicted>: b' I said to them'

<gold>: b' 3 vegetable gardens;'
<predicted>: b' 3 vegetable gardens;'

<gold>: b' The guard is strong.'
<predicted>: b' is present. The watch is very strong.'

<gold>: b' , the cupbearer of'
<predicted>: b' , son of D'

<gold>: b' Witness Tarditu-ahhe.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Tarditu-ahhe-ahhe.'

<gold>: b' 10, the palace herald;'
<predicted>: b' 10 ditto, ditto, ditto, palace herald;'

<gold>: b' of the temple of Nab\xc3\xbb'
<predicted>: b' of the temple of Nab\xc3\xbb'

<gold>: b' Witness Gabbu-ilani.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Gabbu-ilani.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-remanni,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-remanni.'

<gold>: b' I became clean with him'
<predicted>: b' with him'

<gold>: b' read(s) now'
<predicted>: b' as soon as he returns'

<gold>: b' you invoke their names.'
<predicted>: b' (and) your names disappear'

<gold>: b" to its rear (vi 10'')"
<predicted>: b' I am in order to'

<gold>: b' , 4 gardeners;'
<predicted>: b' 4 gardeners;'

<gold>: b' tub\xc3\xa2 : Kilizu'
<predicted>: b' the people of Calah'

<gold>: b' Palace of Sargon'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Sargon (II),'

<gold>: b' From Munnabitu.'
<predicted>: b' From Munnabitu.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, from the village of Milki-...'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, village (of the) village.'

<gold>: b' If'
<predicted>: b' If in the base of the moon:'

<gold>: b' vineyard'
<predicted>: b' x vineyards, in all x vineyards,'

<gold>: b' heavy logs'
<predicted>: b' heavy logs,'

<gold>: b' levied'
<predicted>: b' they will give to you'

<gold>: b' the delegate'
<predicted>: b' the delegate'

<gold>: b' ... them'
<predicted>: b' ... their ...'

<gold>: b' according to'
<predicted>: b' when this word'

<gold>: b' the mercy on people'
<predicted>: b' the rest of the people'

<gold>: b' Witness Habasti.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Habasti,'

<gold>: b' Bit-Amukani'
<predicted>: b' Bit-Amukani'

<gold>: b' should be placed'
<predicted>: b' or they will make it.'

<gold>: b' Witness Arbailayu,'
<predicted>: b' Witness Arbailayu.'

<gold>: b' Witness Zababa-'
<predicted>: b' Witness Zababa-eriba.'

<gold>: b' ... Nippur ...'
<predicted>: b' ... Nippur ...'

<gold>: b' are continually sending'
<predicted>: b' they have written to me'

<gold>: b' ... him ...'
<predicted>: b' ... ni ...'

<gold>: b' do not say'
<predicted>: b' I am not telling'

<gold>: b' ; they are'
<predicted>: b' them. The men'

<gold>: b' its weight is x minas ...'
<predicted>: b' ... minas ... ;'

<gold>: b' :'
<predicted>: b' , (and) fear'

<gold>: b' ... care of Banaya (... )'
<predicted>: b' ... , the hand of my hands, ... ,'

<gold>: b' I said: "You are ... the king ... "'
<predicted>: b' ... you ... ed ...'

<gold>: b" Witness Sin-zeru-ibni, 'third man.'"
<predicted>: b" Witness Sin-zeru-ibni, 'third man.'"

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, ... much;'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, ...'

<gold>: b' Are there (any) cities that ... ?'
<predicted>: b' the towns ... ,'

<gold>: b' ... says ... They fire off oppression ...'
<predicted>: b' ... will say: "...'

<gold>: b' ... an estate of 3 hectares under irrigation ... \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' an estate of 3 hectares of land ... ,'

<gold>: b' x, x+1, Bel-emuranni;'
<predicted>: b' 1, Bel-emuranni, ditto;'

<gold>: b' 10 \xe2\x80\x94 (governor of) Megiddo'
<predicted>: b' 10 \xe2\x80\x94 (governor of) Megiddo;'

<gold>: b' Month of Nisan (I), 8th day.'
<predicted>: b' Month Nisan (I), 8th day.'

<gold>: b' a mukarrisu-pan of oil'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one who alters'

<gold>: b' the father of the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' of the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' th day, eponym year of Labasi,'
<predicted>: b' th day, eponym year of La-ba\xc5\xa1i.'

<gold>: b" Witness NN, son of Ahu'a-eriba."
<predicted>: b" Witness NN, son of Ahu'a-eriba."

<gold>: b' A shoulder; a cut of shoulder, of an ox.'
<predicted>: b' A shoulder; a cut of shoulder of an ox.'

<gold>: b' A total of two from the town of \xe1\xb9\xa2a\xe1\xb9\xa3u.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 2 (hectares) of the town of \xe1\xb9\xa2imirra.'

<gold>: b' to his service!" \xe2\x80\x94 I\xc5\xa1me-ilu is now in his service.'
<predicted>: b' I\xc5\xa1me-il-ili'

<gold>: b' ditto ditto ditto, the fringe knotted, 1 1/2 mina;'
<predicted>: b' 1 knotted ditto, 1 1/2 mina;'

<gold>: b' They have taken it as a loan. It shall increase by a third.'
<predicted>: b' They have taken it as a loan.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant'

<gold>: b' Does your great divinity know it? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it?'
<predicted>: b' Does your great divinity know it?'

<gold>: b" one ditto \xe2\x80\x94 Kubabu-ila'i;"
<predicted>: b" 1, Kubabu-ila'i;"

<gold>: b' adjoining \xe1\xb9\xa2idqaya,'
<predicted>: b' adjoining \xe1\xb9\xa2idqaya,'

<gold>: b' 1/2 mina & of the cupbearer'
<predicted>: b' 1/2 mina of copper'

<gold>: b' Witness A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-re\xc5\xa1i-i\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i,'
<predicted>: b' Witness A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-re\xc5\xa1i-i\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i.'

<gold>: b' Witness Hiri\xe1\xb9\xa3ayu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Hiri\xe1\xb9\xa3ayu.'

<gold>: b' woman Yaqir\xc3\xa2 ... \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' the woman Yiq\xc3\xa2 ... :'

<gold>: b' he opened the vat ... ,'
<predicted>: b' Later ... ,'

<gold>: b' , servant of \xc5\xa0am\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab-Adad.'
<predicted>: b' , servant of \xc5\xa0am\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab-Adad.'

<gold>: b' , servant of \xc5\xa0am\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab-Adad.'
<predicted>: b' , servant of \xc5\xa0am\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab-Adad.'

<gold>: b' will Assurbanipal, king of Assyria,'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-bani-apli'

<gold>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-Ninua.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-Ninua.'

<gold>: b' Witness Gula-\xc5\xa1umu-le\xc5\xa1ir.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Gula-\xc5\xa1umu-le\xc5\xa1ir.'

<gold>: b' , whether Aplaya, scribe.'
<predicted>: b' , son of Aplaya, scribe,'

<gold>: b' The king, our lord, should ask'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord, ask me.'

<gold>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' Witness Mudabirayu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mad\xc3\xa2-Aya.'

<gold>: b' he is detested because of this'
<predicted>: b' I have written to him'

<gold>: b' of the lands are strong; and with'
<predicted>: b' The mighty mountains and with'

<gold>: b' 1 talent 3 minas for 11 ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 1 talent 3 minas, of the ... s of ... \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' Those whom the king, my lord,'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, knows that'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, knows that'

<gold>: b' in the presence of Merodach-Baladan'
<predicted>: b' before Marduk-aplu-iddina.'

<gold>: b' men and women; they frequently entered'
<predicted>: b' which'

<gold>: b' Mu\xc5\xa1allim-Issar has contracted and bought him'
<predicted>: b' Mu\xc5\xa1allim-Issar,'

<gold>: b' the ... s of the bed ...'
<predicted>: b' The ... s of the bed ...'

<gold>: b' The back of the lung is smashed.'
<predicted>: b' If the back of the lung is normal'

<gold>: b' ... tore down his ... and ...'
<predicted>: b' ... they will do ... ?'

<gold>: b' 1 collar of eyes of gold;'
<predicted>: b' 1 collar of gold;'

<gold>: b' a band of gold and lapis lazuli;'
<predicted>: b' x minas of gold,'

<gold>: b' let the king, my lord, write'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord, write to me'

<gold>: b' NN, gardener, x persons ... ;'
<predicted>: b' ... , gardener, x persons ... ;'

<gold>: b" the Ru'u(a)"
<predicted>: b" the Ru'ua"

<gold>: b' a decision to the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' the decision of the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' Ex<<unk>>ation is not good;'
<predicted>: b' , (and) there is a great, not'

<gold>: b' 420 hectares of arable land,'
<predicted>: b' 40 hectares of arable land,'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-ibni.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-ibni.'

<gold>: b' Witness Apladad-hutni.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Apladad-hutuni.'

<gold>: b' 6 temple stewardesses ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 6 ditto, the woman steward ... ;'

<gold>: b' a word as follows: "She'
<predicted>: b' the word of the son'

<gold>: b' He was running, saying: "'
<predicted>: b' , saying: "'

<gold>: b' half, 2 brick-courses;'
<predicted>: b' x hundred, 2 brick-courses;'

<gold>: b' x of Har\xc5\xa1ean type,'
<predicted>: b' Land of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaar\xe1\xb8\xabar,'

<gold>: b' Witness Mar-Issar, recruit.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mar-Issar, conscript.'

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-\xc5\xa1arru-ibni. Witness'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bel-\xc5\xa1arru-ibni. Witness NN.'

<gold>: b' Ashur-shallimanni,'
<predicted>: b' Bel-belu-usur.'

<gold>: b' The coils of the colon are ... and are ... in number.'
<predicted>: b' The coils of the colon are 16 in number.'

<gold>: b' He has not been able to grab (any land) in'
<predicted>: b' does not stay in the presence'

<gold>: b" The 'finger' and 'increment' are normal."
<predicted>: b" The 'finger' and 'increment' are normal."

<gold>: b" they went to the 'head' of the city,"
<predicted>: b' I have gone to the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' If ... , ... will get ill and keep falling down.'
<predicted>: b" ... there is a 'foot'-mark. The 'strength' of"

<gold>: b' x red horses, 2 irginu-coloured horses,'
<predicted>: b' x red horses, 2 irginu-coloured horses,'

<gold>: b' day, it says in a commentary.'
<predicted>: b' within it'

<gold>: b' (and) return (my inscriptions) to their places so that A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'
<predicted>: b' to their places'

<gold>: b" is short. The 'well-being' is smashed on the right"
<predicted>: b" The 'well-being' is smashed on the right."

<gold>: b' An estate of 2 hectares of land outside town, at the back of the town'
<predicted>: b' outside the city of the town'

<gold>: b' ... eponym year of ... , prefect of Que.'
<predicted>: b' Month ... , xth day, eponym year of ... , prefect of Que.'

<gold>: b' he fell into the pit of a lion'
<predicted>: b' The lion will get long.'

<gold>: b" x 90 \xe2\x80\x94 Ahu-le'i;"
<predicted>: b" 9 ditto \xe2\x80\x94 Ahu-le'i;"

<gold>: b' Total 18 horses, of Mar-Issar.'
<predicted>: b' in all 18 horses belonging to Mar-Issar,'

<gold>: b' Witness \xe1\xb9\xacab-bet-Issar,'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xe1\xb9\xacab-\xe1\xb9\xa3il-Issar.'

<gold>: b' the household of the Lady of the House.'
<predicted>: b' the house of the House of the house.'

<gold>: b' One, of Sars\xc3\xa2, ditto;'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto, Susa\xc3\xa2,'

<gold>: b' who rescues the wronged one,'
<predicted>: b' ;'

<gold>: b' 2 cows of silver, 2 ditto of silver.'
<predicted>: b' 2 cows of silver, 2 silver, of silver,'

<gold>: b' has ... ed the ... of the people,'
<predicted>: b' The ... of the people are ...'

<gold>: b' 10 years Ashur-nerari king of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' Bel-Harran-belu-usur,'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, should give orders that'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, should give orders.'

<gold>: b' for one mina and a half'
<predicted>: b' for half a mina of silver.'

<gold>: b' with regard to that scepter, its'
<predicted>: b' , (and) a basket, in that time'

<gold>: b' Witness Ubru-Sebetti, merchant.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ubru-Issar, merchant.'

<gold>: b' ... of the 11th day ...'
<predicted>: b' ... on the 11th ...'

<gold>: b' Concerning the tenure of this area'
<predicted>: b' in the district, the one who is assiduous towards the heavens,'

<gold>: b' ed him fears, send it likewise'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, knows that'

<gold>: b' for A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my god, ...'
<predicted>: b' ... to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my god, (and) ... me.'

<gold>: b' a submissive subject who pulled my yoke'
<predicted>: b' After the entire land of my bow'

<gold>: b' Hanunu and his people, ... ,'
<predicted>: b' Hanunu and his people, ... ,'

<gold>: b' shall redeem the man. Witness NN.'
<predicted>: b' (and) he will bring out the man.'

<gold>: b" in all, 5: the 'residences' of the brewers."
<predicted>: b" in all, 5: the 'residences' of the treasurer."

<gold>: b' Witness Ahi-ram, ditto.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ahi-rami, ditto.'

<gold>: b' Performed in the New Palace, in the city'
<predicted>: b' ) in the New Palace of the city'

<gold>: b' 1 spray of pomegranates'
<predicted>: b' 1 spray of pomegranates;'

<gold>: b' ... town Burunatu'
<predicted>: b' ... the town Bubina ...'

<gold>: b' And now ...'
<predicted>: b' And as much as ... of ...'

<gold>: b' To the Ehursaggalkurkurra'
<predicted>: b' to the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'

<gold>: b' that wall became dilapidated and'
<predicted>: b' (and) wall from that wall.'

<gold>: b' Instead of his seal he impressed his fingernail.'
<predicted>: b' Instead of his seal he impressed his fingernail.'

<gold>: b' I became afraid of the punishment'
<predicted>: b' , (and) they were working on the border'

<gold>: b' ... what work of NN'
<predicted>: b' The ... s of ... ?'

<gold>: b' alerted the forts.'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the cities of the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' Seal of Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1ezibanni,'
<predicted>: b' Seal of Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1ezibanni,'

<gold>: b' ... On the xth day two of them'
<predicted>: b' ... , on the ... th day they will be there.'

<gold>: b' Those'
<predicted>: b' is purchased and acquired.'

<gold>: b' Witness Gir-Aya. Witness Pad\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Grayu. Witness Pad\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' Interrogate them! Let them tell you the'
<predicted>: b' , their people, all of the people.'

<gold>: b' The one who brought about the defeat of the land Elam.'
<predicted>: b' (Property) of the land Elam,'

<gold>: b' Witness K\xc3\xaa-Aya. Witness Remut-ili.'
<predicted>: b' Witness K\xc3\xaa-Aya. Witness Remut-ili.'

<gold>: b' A total of 2 witnesses from the village of Dannaya.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 2 witnesses from the village of Dannaya.'

<gold>: b' a 2-seah jar of Assyrian bud\xc3\xaa-confection;'
<predicted>: b' a 2-seah jar of Assyrian bud\xc3\xaa-confection;'

<gold>: b' th day, eponym year of NN, governor of'
<predicted>: b' , governor of'

<gold>: b' Umman-manda (means) the Cimmerians.'
<predicted>: b' x, from the Cimmerians;'

<gold>: b' Fingernail of Upaq, owner of the field being sold.'
<predicted>: b' Fingernail of Upaanu, owner of the field being sold.'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x9cShould Lisikutu be removed?\xe2\x80\x9d Favourable.'
<predicted>: b' let them be removed, let me'

<gold>: b' A total of 6 witnesses from the village of La-qepu.'
<predicted>: b' in all 6 witnesses from the village of La-qepu.'

<gold>: b' are doing what is not good to the king.'
<predicted>: b" The king's word to him"

<gold>: b' It shall increase 50 percent per mina.'
<predicted>: b' It shall increase by 1/2 mina per mina.'

<gold>: b' The shield-bearer(s) who with'
<predicted>: b' the deportees who was with'

<gold>: b' And again, they have sent Nab\xc3\xbb-u'
<predicted>: b' And now Nab\xc3\xbb-u\xc5\xa1allim'

<gold>: b" a flask of l\xc4\x81'u-wine."
<predicted>: b" a flask of l\xc4\x81'u-wine."

<gold>: b' the gods doing it, the king my lord'
<predicted>: b' the gods of the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' Upaqa-ana-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, ... ,'
<predicted>: b' Upaqq-ana-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, ... ;'

<gold>: b' 1 talent, the clothing-dealers.'
<predicted>: b' 1 talent of the Hallhlpe;'

<gold>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il the older, servant of the king.'
<predicted>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il the older, servant of the king.'

<gold>: b' Regarding his servant Nab\xc3\xbb-bel-\xc5\xa1umati'
<predicted>: b' Concerning Nab\xc3\xbb-bel-\xc5\xa1umati'

<gold>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il the older, servant of the king.'
<predicted>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il the older, servant of the king.'

<gold>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il the older, servant of the king.'
<predicted>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il the older, servant of the king.'

<gold>: b' "... utterly'
<predicted>: b' ... the Lord-of-fifty of'

<gold>: b" The top of the 'station' is split. The 'paths' are 2, the upper one"
<predicted>: b" The top of the 'station' is split. The 'paths' are 2, the upper one"

<gold>: b' By the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I marched to the land Mari ('
<predicted>: b' By the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord,'

<gold>: b' has returned here; as for you, stand by. Kun\xc3\xa2 has'
<predicted>: b' I went out with him.'

<gold>: b' If (in) Iyyar he takes an office: he will have a (protective) deity.'
<predicted>: b' If (the moon) makes in Iyyar (II): the gods will make peace.'

<gold>: b" There is a hole in the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' at the side of the middle surface of the 'finger.'"
<predicted>: b" In the wide side of the left side of the 'finger' towards the side of the middle surface of the 'finger.'"

<gold>: b" The middle surface of the 'finger' is split on the right of the 'finger.' The base of the middle surface of the 'finger' is split"
<predicted>: b" The middle surface of the 'finger' is split. The top of the middle surface of the 'finger' is split."

<gold>: b' One homer and two seahs of barley \xe2\x80\x94 Sin-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur,'
<predicted>: b' 1 homer 5 seahs of barley belonging to Sin-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur;'

<gold>: b' about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "'

<gold>: b' Emah, \xe2\x80\x9cL<<unk>> house\xe2\x80\x9d: the house of Ninurta.'
<predicted>: b' the house of the house of the house of Ninurta.'

<gold>: b' the Cimmerian(s) ...'
<predicted>: b' The Cimmerians ... ,'

<gold>: b' our brothers, citizens of Babylon'
<predicted>: b' the brothers of Babylon'

<gold>: b' When I give an order'
<predicted>: b' I will give you orders.'

<gold>: b' lock. I placed before him'
<predicted>: b' The singer intones, \xe2\x80\x9cthird men'

<gold>: b' In all 28 single doors.'
<predicted>: b' in all, 288 (men) of the new gates.'

<gold>: b' of his words until now'
<predicted>: b' As to the news of now'

<gold>: b' a flagon of Carchemish ditto;'
<predicted>: b' a flagon of Carchemish bud\xc3\xaa-confection;'

<gold>: b' ... he made well ...'
<predicted>: b' I will do ...'

<gold>: b' people of the lands \xe1\xb8\xaaamat, \xc5\xa0a'
<predicted>: b' the land of the Arabs,'

<gold>: b' eans, in Qatna, adjoining'
<predicted>: b' ayu, in the town of Qad\xc3\xaa,'

<gold>: b' Remanni-Adad ... has contracted and'
<predicted>: b' Remanni-Adad'

<gold>: b' He says: Concerning Munnabitu'
<predicted>: b' concerning Munnabitu'

<gold>: b' As to the news of the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian, he set out on the'
<predicted>: b' As to the news of the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian,'

<gold>: b' my heart<<unk>>ers but'
<predicted>: b' and his heart was happy'

<gold>: b' of this year ...'
<predicted>: b' of this year, ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Sas\xc3\xae, mayor'
<predicted>: b' Witness Sas\xc3\xae, mayor.'

<gold>: b' whatever I see'
<predicted>: b' What is it that the king, my lord, orders?'

<gold>: b' ... in Babylon'
<predicted>: b' ... in Babylon ...'

<gold>: b' From whom, Elam'
<predicted>: b' with the king of Elam'

<gold>: b' all those who ... into my presence'
<predicted>: b' all ...'

<gold>: b' 18 Egyptian horses,'
<predicted>: b' 18 Kushite horses,'

<gold>: b' before Aqar-y\xc3\xa2'
<predicted>: b" Witness Abi-ya'a."

<gold>: b' ... on the border'
<predicted>: b' ... to the land of Tabal ...'

<gold>: b' Esaggil, Babylon and'
<predicted>: b' Esaggil, Babylon'

<gold>: b' from Babylon to ...'
<predicted>: b' from Babylon ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Nergal-a\xc5\xa1ared, scribe.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nergal-a\xc5\xa1ared, scribe.'

<gold>: b' behind them'
<predicted>: b' are in their behind.'

<gold>: b' He who ... s the face of Enlil, ...'
<predicted>: b' who ... the face of the god Enlil ...'

<gold>: b' The ... s of the king occupied the mountain ...'
<predicted>: b' ... of the king which they seized ...'

<gold>: b' The dried dates are his flesh. The aromatic'
<predicted>: b' (and) there is their flesh. The king, my lord, should question him.'

<gold>: b" , \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-le'i and his people,"
<predicted>: b" \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-le'i and his people,"

<gold>: b' She is the wife of \xe1\xb9\xa2ih\xc3\xa2.'
<predicted>: b' the wife of \xe1\xb9\xa2ih\xc3\xa2,'

<gold>: b' The palace of Shalmaneser, king of the universe.'
<predicted>: b' The palace of Shalmaneser, king of the universe.'

<gold>: b' who cut straight as a string through the rocky mountains'
<predicted>: b' (and) it will be saying:'

<gold>: b' ... a drawn ... , a matter like ...'
<predicted>: b' The ... s of the message ...'

<gold>: b" Witness Girittu. Witness Kur-ila'i."
<predicted>: b" Witness Gir-ilu. Witness Kur-ila'i."

<gold>: b' On the twentieth day of the month of Addaru, the day'
<predicted>: b' In the month of Adar (XII),'

<gold>: b' An estate of 8 hectares of field, adjoining the field of'
<predicted>: b' an estate of 8 hectares of land adjoining the field of NN and'

<gold>: b' Ditto by Nab\xc3\xbb, Nusku, Ura\xc5\xa1 and Nergal!'
<predicted>: b' ... , Ura\xc5\xa1, Ura\xc5\xa1, Nergal,'

<gold>: b' 3 decares of field in cultivation \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' 1 seah of field in cultivation in cultivation,'

<gold>: b' make his name (and) his seed disappear.'
<predicted>: b' make his name (and) his seed disappear.'

<gold>: b' ... , saying: "... a lamb ...'
<predicted>: b' x lamb ... , x spring lambs ...'

<gold>: b' together with my cavalry, which I had stationed'
<predicted>: b' together with the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' as far as the city of Marubi\xc5\xa1tu'
<predicted>: b' as far as the town of Miasi.'

<gold>: b' They have received ... for their fingernails.'
<predicted>: b' The ... which his lord gave them'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. That house'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired.'

<gold>: b' That is a very good advice.'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, is very glad.'

<gold>: b' I shall raise the first ... s.'
<predicted>: b' ... who ... ed ... , saying:'

<gold>: b' May the king do as he deems best.'
<predicted>: b' The king should do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' Ahu-uqur, his servant \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b" Ahu'a-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, his servant \xe2\x80\x94"

<gold>: b" Witness Ahu-l\xc3\xa2ma\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i, 'third man'."
<predicted>: b" Witness Ahu-l\xc3\xa2ma\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i, 'third man.'"

<gold>: b" Total: Sime-ila', deputy."
<predicted>: b" Total, Sim-ila'i, deputy."

<gold>: b' I sent'
<predicted>: b' As to Nab\xc3\xbb-u\xc5\xa1ab\xc5\xa1i,'

<gold>: b' s and wrote to me: "Write to the king of Assyria: The Palace has sent the treaty back to the son of Yakin," I refused to write a second time to the king of Assyria. Now, if the Palace has (indeed) returned the treaty to the son of Yakin, I shall send the tablet to the king and the house of my brother in the hands of Inurta-ila\'i; and if it has not returned it, I shall write to the king, and he should do whatever the king'
<predicted>: b' with me'

<gold>: b' Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta, great king, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), great king, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-d\xc4\x81n (II) (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the universe (and) king of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' ... Ninurta, great king, great king, great king, great king, great king, king of the world, king of Assyria ...'

<gold>: b' messengers, lords'
<predicted>: b' with the messengers of the messengers'

<gold>: b' Witness Nergal-\xc5\xa1allimanni, chief'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nergal-\xc5\xa1allim, chief'

<gold>: b' 3 minas of Kur\xc3\xaa, palace official.'
<predicted>: b' 3 minas of Kuk\xc3\xaa, courtier of the palace.'

<gold>: b' mules as his audience gift.'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' mules as his audience gift.'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' Nebuchadnezzar, pious prince, ('
<predicted>: b' Nabonidus, king of Babylon,'

<gold>: b' from my'
<predicted>: b' I shall bring the orchards and the people in all of my people.'

<gold>: b' I beheld his terrifying splendour'
<predicted>: b' I destroyed, conquered, (and) burned with fire.'

<gold>: b' Let them give me more men'
<predicted>: b' , saying: "The men should come."'

<gold>: b' This work which they have done ...'
<predicted>: b' This is the deed of ...'

<gold>: b' This is its interpretation: ... good ...'
<predicted>: b' This is its interpretation. The king ...'

<gold>: b' and they are constantly ... their work.'
<predicted>: b' ... their work ...'

<gold>: b' the village manager'
<predicted>: b' the village manager'

<gold>: b' commander-in-chief of Kummuh.'
<predicted>: b' , commander-in-chief of Kumme.'

<gold>: b' Witness Qurdi-Adad, team commander.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Qurdi-Adad, chief team-commander.'

<gold>: b' Instead of his seal he impressed his fingernail.'
<predicted>: b' Instead of his seal he impressed his fingernail.'

<gold>: b' He gives these stones as presents.'
<predicted>: b' I shall give the (following) these men.'

<gold>: b" Witness Nusku-ila'i, eunuch."
<predicted>: b" Witness Nusku-ila'i, eunuch."

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0umma-ta\xc5\xa1<<unk>>, servant of I\xc5\xa1tar.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0umma-t\xc5\xa1e, servant of I\xc5\xa1tar.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, day\xc4\x81lu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, scouts.'

<gold>: b' With \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 is the lead-rope, in heaven ...'
<predicted>: b' with the sun and ... in the heavens ...'

<gold>: b' in the pap\xc4\x81hu chapel'
<predicted>: b' in the cella'

<gold>: b' They are making an insurrection against you,"'
<predicted>: b' said to me: "'

<gold>: b' told me: "He has set out'
<predicted>: b' said to me: "'

<gold>: b' If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days.'
<predicted>: b' If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days.'

<gold>: b' 140 1-year-olds.'
<predicted>: b' 100 1-year-old'

<gold>: b' in his presence'
<predicted>: b' of the vizier, my lord,'

<gold>: b' Witness Ninuayu, mayor.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Ninuayu, mayor.'

<gold>: b' ed to cultivate their fields'
<predicted>: b' who in the midst of the land'

<gold>: b' Bel-iddin and A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ere\xc5\xa1'
<predicted>: b' Bel-iddina and Assurbanipal,'

<gold>: b' ... of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-bani-ahhe'
<predicted>: b' ... of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-bani-ahhe ...'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk have said:'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk spoke to you.'

<gold>: b' The festival of the mistress of Arbela'
<predicted>: b' The festival of the Lady of Arbela'

<gold>: b' From Nab\xc3\xbb-iqbi of Cutha.'
<predicted>: b' From Nab\xc3\xbb-iqbi of Cutha.'

<gold>: b' from all lands, the kings, our lords, have'
<predicted>: b' when they had made, when the king'

<gold>: b' Kings ...'
<predicted>: b' The kings, their fathers,'

<gold>: b' If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy.'

<gold>: b' In Sivan (III) on the 14th day the moon will be seen together with the sun.'
<predicted>: b' If in Sivan (III) on the 14th day the moon will be seen with the sun.'

<gold>: b" Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-ka''in, his wife, 1 weaned son, total 3."
<predicted>: b" Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-ukin, his wife, 1 son of 3 spans' height;"

<gold>: b' ... s, 100+x hectares of arable land, x hectares of land under cultivation therein.'
<predicted>: b' ... s, x hectares of arable land ... ,'

<gold>: b" I shall write the king's ... according to the command of the king, my lord."
<predicted>: b' I shall write to the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should be glad.'

<gold>: b" x, 2, the commanders-of-50, the 'third men' ... ;"
<predicted>: b' x+2 commanders-of-50 of the palace; ... ;'

<gold>: b' Month Tishri (VII), 2nd day, eponym year of ... -remanni.'
<predicted>: b' Month Tishri (VII), 2nd day, eponym year of Remanni-ana-...'

<gold>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a halo and it lingers on: giving of the reign to the king'
<predicted>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and the moon stand in the reign of the king.'

<gold>: b' (pleadingly) lifted his hands towards the delegate at the gate of DN, they arrested him.'
<predicted>: b' in the gate of the god'

<gold>: b' He ... ed the arrogant slave, citizen of Bit Adini, (and) his companions.'
<predicted>: b' A servant of the son of Adini, his son, ... ,'

<gold>: b' , (and hence) I am wrinting to the king my lord.'
<predicted>: b' I have written to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xc5\xa0ulmanu-'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xc5\xa0ulmu-'

<gold>: b' The sarr\xc4\x81nu gods in front of I\xc5\xa1tar, which the king'
<predicted>: b' The Image which is in front of I\xc5\xa1tar of the king.'

<gold>: b' 1 seah of oil bread; a cup of fig-beer;'
<predicted>: b' 2 seahs of oil, (and) a cup of fig-beer;'

<gold>: b' send a royal eunuch and put him in charge of the quay'
<predicted>: b' May the king, my lord, do as he wishes.'

<gold>: b' Camp of Takl\xc4\x81k-ana-B\xc4\x93l.'
<predicted>: b' (and) it go to (their) original appearance.'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-etel-\xc5\xa1am\xc3\xaa-er\xe1\xb9\xa3eti-muballissu;'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-etel-bala\xe1\xb9\xad-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad'

<gold>: b' 1 sheep, a bowl (of wine): palace overseer.'
<predicted>: b' 1 sheep, a bowl (of wine): palace of the palace.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1aredu. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk for'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1aredu.'

<gold>: b' Month Tishri (VII), 20th day, eponym year of Gabbaru.'
<predicted>: b' Month Tishri (VII), 20th day, eponym year of Gabbaru.'

<gold>: b' will they let the released (troops) loose (to take plunder)'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the throne (and) peace'

<gold>: b' , a total of x; Uraya and his wife; Sitir'
<predicted>: b" Uarbis, his wife, Sin'di-"

<gold>: b' The palace of'
<predicted>: b' and the temple of the palace'

<gold>: b' pa\xc5\xa1-tuari. Month Sivan (III), 1st day.'
<predicted>: b' Month of Sivan (III), 1st day.'

<gold>: b' I heard from the sheikhs that he is going to enter it.'
<predicted>: b' I have now written to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' In your pure mouth may my good fortune be constantly established.'
<predicted>: b' By your command, may you be placed to you?'

<gold>: b' (governor of) Til-Barsip, (governor of) Mazamua;'
<predicted>: b' , (and) Til-Barsip.'

<gold>: b' Witness Badaya, all (from) Diquqina.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bad\xc3\xa2, in all from Dqqina.'

<gold>: b' Witness Abdi-Azuzi. Witness Kakkussu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Abdi-ayzi. Witness Kukisi.'

<gold>: b' ... When the heart of the king, my lord, is ... ,'
<predicted>: b' The ... of the king, my lord, ...'

<gold>: b' ... of field, 1 barnyard in the town ... ,'
<predicted>: b' x ... of field, 1 house, in the town of ... ,'

<gold>: b' Aktur-la-Na\xc5\xa1uh, his son'
<predicted>: b' ditto,-ana-Na\xc5\xa1uh, his son, son of'

<gold>: b' Witness Immani-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. Witness Yaya.'
<predicted>: b" Witness Imni-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. Witness Ya'a."

<gold>: b' The singer places a seah measure of corn on the'
<predicted>: b' The singer of the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' Witness Haldi-\xe1\xb9\xadaya, \xc5\xa1a \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93pi guard.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Haldi-\xe1\xb9\xadaya, \xc5\xa1a \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93pi guard.'

<gold>: b' Long since I ... They should believe me.'
<predicted>: b' I will ... to ...'

<gold>: b' 1 wooden wine-jar stool, used;'
<predicted>: b' 1 ditto of grapes;'

<gold>: b' and let them lay them down. He is laid in a neck stock'
<predicted>: b' , so that they can give them to me.'

<gold>: b' in (its) midst, he heard my prayer'
<predicted>: b' , and he gave (this) to me.'

<gold>: b' ... ; ... -ilu; Nab\xc3\xbb-salim, farmer. 20 hectares (of field) in ...'
<predicted>: b' ... -\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, farmer, 20 hectares in ... ;'

<gold>: b' If the moon makes an eclipse in Sivan (III) on the 15th day:'
<predicted>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Sivan (III) on the 15th day: there will be deaths.'

<gold>: b' (That) happened at the command of my great divinity. You went to Der \xe2\x80\x94 Der is a great metropolis, whose foundations are as firm as the mass of a mountain. You surrounded and captured that city. The gods of Der together with their extensive property, the property of the palace,'
<predicted>: b' By the command of my great divinity, with'

<gold>: b' Son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-i\xc5\xa1i (I), king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku who was also king of the universe and king of Assyria:'
<predicted>: b' , A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Mutakkil-Nusku,'

<gold>: b' situated in outlying regions, saying: "Cultivate (them)!" - they are (now) being harvested.'
<predicted>: b' Now, saying: "Let me go to the Palace."'

<gold>: b' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the sheep is normal'
<predicted>: b' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, should know this; it is not available for any (other) purpose.'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, should know (this).'

<gold>: b' they put a portable censer of juniper in the king\xe2\x80\x99s hand.'
<predicted>: b' I shall give them to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' 11 talents, 20+x minas of silver, as work-materials;'
<predicted>: b' 11+1 talents, 20 minas of silver,'

<gold>: b' I discovered. It consisted of depressions; a reed marsh'
<predicted>: b' , and (then) I will (then) writing to me:'

<gold>: b' An estate of 1 decare of grazing land ... belonging to I\xc5\xa1mu... \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the ak\xc4\xabtu-house of ... , ... of I\xc5\xa1imu ...'

<gold>: b' Total, in the village of Arrizu, near the city of Harran.'
<predicted>: b' Total, in the village of Arrapha, near the city of Harran.'

<gold>: b' Month Tebet (X), 25th day, eponym year of \xc5\xa0arru-nuri.'
<predicted>: b' Month Tebet (X), 25th day, eponym year of \xc5\xa0arru-nuri.'

<gold>: b' 10,000 stalks of vine; 3 houses; 2 threshing-floors:'
<predicted>: b' 10,000 stalks of vine, 3 houses, 2 threshing floor,'

<gold>: b' The bread which one prepares is Ea, (whom) he vanquished.'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the harvest of Ea and Ea.'

<gold>: b' the god set out; in front of the god'
<predicted>: b' -ilu, who reveres the god of the god of the god of the god'

<gold>: b' In all x auspicious days for performing extispicy.'
<predicted>: b' In all x days, days of extispicy.'

<gold>: b' Now then I am writing to my lord:'
<predicted>: b' I am now writing to my lord.'

<gold>: b' ... reached Aries.'
<predicted>: b' The Pleiades will set out (and) ...'

<gold>: b' May the'
<predicted>: b' I will give them to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' a flagon of bittersweet beer;'
<predicted>: b' a flagon of bittersweet beer;'

<gold>: b' took fright and opened their gate'
<predicted>: b' had become dilapidated and rebellion.'

<gold>: b' Arbayu, courtier;'
<predicted>: b' Arbayu, the courtier of the palace'

<gold>: b' From the Chief Scribe.'
<predicted>: b' From the Chief Scribe.'

<gold>: b' 1 replacement... ;'
<predicted>: b" 1 \xc5\xa1amul\xc3\xbb, of 5 spans' height; 2 women."

<gold>: b' of your offspring, who for kingship'
<predicted>: b' of your mouth to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Ummanaldasi'
<predicted>: b' -\xc5\xa1allim, a third \xe2\x80\x94 (and) his head \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' very'
<predicted>: b' when when in a very fact'

<gold>: b' his'
<predicted>: b' , (and) his entire body'

<gold>: b' As soon as your gods have'
<predicted>: b' The gods of the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' 10, to Bel-ibni, the prelate;'
<predicted>: b' 10 to Bel-ibni, the prelate.'

<gold>: b' of your army, there is peace'
<predicted>: b' a scholar of (your) fruit.'

<gold>: b" Witness Se'-hari, ditto."
<predicted>: b" Witness Se'-hari, ditto."

<gold>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il, son of Nurzanu.'
<predicted>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il, son of Nurzanu.'

<gold>: b' the lands Paiteru, Nadanu,'
<predicted>: b' I exercised authority over the extensive land of the \xc5\xa0ubaru,'

<gold>: b' the scholars whom the king, my lord'
<predicted>: b' The scholar of the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' are those of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, until my father'
<predicted>: b' which the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the great lord, my lord:'

<gold>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il, son of Nurzanu.'
<predicted>: b' From Ra\xc5\xa1il, son of Nurzanu.'

<gold>: b' , is because they vanquished Anu.'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the god Ea, the god Anu,'

<gold>: b' spoke foolishness with him:'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' the city of Asallu\xe1\xb8\xabi, Babylon,'
<predicted>: b' the city of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur of Babylon.'

<gold>: b' ... at its appearance haze ...'
<predicted>: b' ... at his side. The ... of the bed ...'

<gold>: b' From Nab\xc3\xbb-iqi\xc5\xa1a of Borsippa.'
<predicted>: b' From Nab\xc3\xbb-iqi\xc5\xa1a of Borsippa.'

<gold>: b' Pitch camp in Sumurzu! ... "'
<predicted>: b' ... in the town of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu ...'

<gold>: b' Whatever the king, my lord, does'
<predicted>: b' whatever the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' In his great wrath, the lord of kings'
<predicted>: b' The lord of kings are in his heart.'

<gold>: b' (whether) by drinking this drug he will'
<predicted>: b' which is written in this papyrus,'

<gold>: b' If Venus is red: plenty for the people'
<predicted>: b' If Venus is red: plenty of the people.'

<gold>: b' May the bow you grasp ... Elam ...'
<predicted>: b' You ... the bow, ... , ... ,'

<gold>: b' ... yah is very, very well.'
<predicted>: b' The well-being ...'

<gold>: b' Babilayu, son of Nab\xc3\xbb-ka\xe1\xb9\xa3ir;'
<predicted>: b" Babilayu, son of Nab\xc3\xbb-ka'a,"

<gold>: b" Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-na'id, ditto."
<predicted>: b" Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-na'id, ditto."

<gold>: b' in the town of Uqimutaya.'
<predicted>: b' in the town of \xc5\xa0a-Aqi,'

<gold>: b' You draw a design, throw flour into it'
<predicted>: b" In the middle of the 'pouch' of the 'finger' of"

<gold>: b' -official is a'
<predicted>: b' in the lap of Nab\xc3\xbb, 2 cubits long,'

<gold>: b' Witness Silim-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, horse trainer.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Silim-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, horse trainer.'

<gold>: b' becomes bright in the path of the Enlil stars and'
<predicted>: b' in the path of the Enlil stars by the god Enlil'

<gold>: b' Disregard that inside Bit-Hamban'
<predicted>: b' Disregard the (formulation) of the house of the city of Hama.'

<gold>: b' Witness Mardua, scribe.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mard\xc3\xbb, scribe.'

<gold>: b' The upper part extends beyond the surface of the right lung and'
<predicted>: b' The upper part extends beyond the surface of the right lung'

<gold>: b' the troops of Assyria'
<predicted>: b' the men of Assyria'

<gold>: b' NN, cohort commander;'
<predicted>: b' NN, cohort commander;'

<gold>: b' (and) Tabal,'
<predicted>: b' Cayu from Tabal.'

<gold>: b' Nanaya, the lady of the great gods'
<predicted>: b' Nanaya, great lord, the great gods:'

<gold>: b' Hazal\xc3\xa2, Huda'
<predicted>: b' the woman Haz\xc3\xa2, the woman Huda'

<gold>: b' of the county of Arbela.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the city Arbela, the city Arbela,'

<gold>: b' a flagon of bittersweet beer;'
<predicted>: b' a flagon of bittersweet beer;'

<gold>: b' Seal of Iba\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i-ilani,'
<predicted>: b' seal of Iba\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i-ilani,'

<gold>: b' He will place them before him'
<predicted>: b' at his disposal. The lord of his lord will be placed.'

<gold>: b' you can accomplish whatever you say'
<predicted>: b' I asked you: "Where is your help!'

<gold>: b' (May) a later prince, when the temple'
<predicted>: b' the house of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, when the god'

<gold>: b' the commandant'
<predicted>: b' , commandant of'

<gold>: b" It is the word of the king: 'On a campaign, men ... '"
<predicted>: b' The king\'s word, saying: "The men ...'

<gold>: b" The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder has a bifurcation to its rear"
<predicted>: b" The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder has fissures like a snake"

<gold>: b' Future prince: do not cast aside the wording of this tablet.'
<predicted>: b' A future prince who'

<gold>: b' Total, 1 ox, 1 female calf, 6 sheep, 1 duck;'
<predicted>: b' Total, 1 ox, 1 female calf, 1 duck,'

<gold>: b' On the xth day (the moon) will be seen with the sun.'
<predicted>: b' The moon will be seen with the sun.'

<gold>: b' a reign of long days and well-being of the king of the world.'
<predicted>: b' long days and happiness of the king of the world.'

<gold>: b' Before he comes (to the reception), the king should ask'
<predicted>: b' , should they not go to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' (whether) they will ... overturn, overthrow ... ,'
<predicted>: b' ... they will bring ... and put away ...'

<gold>: b' He shall pay in the month of Sivan (III), on the 1st day.'
<predicted>: b' The 1st day of Sivan (III) of Sivan (III).'

<gold>: b' On the 21st day the king does not go down to the House of God.'
<predicted>: b' On the 21st day the king goes down to the House of God.'

<gold>: b' He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. The judge shall not heed his case.'
<predicted>: b' The judge shall not heed his case.'

<gold>: b' If the \xe2\x80\x98Well-Being\xe2\x80\x99 (\xc5\xa1ulmu) of the main part of the lung at the right side is present, (then) there is well-being for a (whole) year.'
<predicted>: b" The 'well-being' is present. The 'path' is present. The 'well-being' is present."

<gold>: b' He places the head and the feet upon huhhurtu-bread'
<predicted>: b' As to the ... of the huhhutu-bread,'

<gold>: b' He (Ia\xc5\xab-bi\xca\xbed\xc4\xab) assembled'
<predicted>: b' in the city of Qaquri,'

<gold>: b' , reconverted into 5 minas 39 shekels of good gold:'
<predicted>: b' for 5 minas of gold'

<gold>: b' An estate of x+10 hectares of bottom land;'
<predicted>: b' An estate of x hectares of land in the town of (the land) of the land.'

<gold>: b' He kneels ... I am devoted to the king.'
<predicted>: b' I am ... to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' 6 minas, 2 bowls ... for the bowls ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 6 ditto, ditto, 2, ... , to her, ... ;'

<gold>: b' x+1<<unk>> of silver, of Han\xc3\xae,'
<predicted>: b' 1/2 silver of Hani\xc3\xae, the'

<gold>: b' The 10th day: at noon, favorable.'
<predicted>: b' The 10th day: an important person will be favorable.'

<gold>: b' Witness Urad-Issar, priest of the Kidmuri temple.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Urdu-Issar, priest of the temple.'

<gold>: b' I have just sent to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' I am herewith sending him to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' (those from) the deputies are not coming in;'
<predicted>: b' the deputy (governor) who does not come'

<gold>: b" 40 hectares of land in the town of Lu'amma;"
<predicted>: b" 40 hectares of land in the town of Lu'a \xe2\x80\x94"

<gold>: b' ; they are free from "boat and crossbar";'
<predicted>: b' They are free in "boat and crossbar";'

<gold>: b' Either on the 28th or on the 29th day'
<predicted>: b' , on the 28th day, the 29th day.'

<gold>: b' And ... come to ... in front of the city gate!'
<predicted>: b' and ... to the gate of ...'

<gold>: b' , resident of the city Tarbi\xe1\xb9\xa3u, great lord, my lord:'
<predicted>: b' of the city Tarbi\xe1\xb9\xa3u, my lord,'

<gold>: b' An estate of ... of throne (land), adjoining A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-... , ...'
<predicted>: b' ... throne ... , adjoining A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-... ,'

<gold>: b' May Zababa (and) Babu bless the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' , Zababa, (and) Ura\xc5\xa1;'

<gold>: b' If he does not give, it shall increase by the same amount.'
<predicted>: b' If he does not pay, it shall increase by a fourth.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, scribe. Witness Remut-ili. Witness Ilu-...'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, scribe. Witness Remut-ili. Witness Il-ili.'

<gold>: b' He seated the chanters, ... , retired to the sideroom'
<predicted>: b' I sent the chanters. ...'

<gold>: b' On the 22nd day the king goes down to the House of God.'
<predicted>: b' On the 22nd day the king goes down to the House of God.'

<gold>: b' get assembled and go! Exact the dried corn from the houses of Bit-Amukani!"'
<predicted>: b' , let them go, (and) let them buy your loins.'

<gold>: b' I, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, governor of the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu and the land of Mari, ... the town Imgur-Enlil, the town ...'
<predicted>: b' ... Imgur-Enlil ...'

<gold>: b" The month \xc5\xa0er'i-eburi is Sivan (III)."
<predicted>: b' Month of \xc5\xa0e (V), eponym year of Sivan (III).'

<gold>: b' To Tiglath-pileser, ... magnificent king of the lands, ... :'
<predicted>: b' To Tiglath-pileser ... , king of the lands, king of Assyria, son of NN (II), king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b" Why does Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1ezib ... his lord's household?"
<predicted>: b' Why Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1ezib, the house of his lords ... ,'

<gold>: b" These words are not yours, they are Bel-na\xe1\xb9\xa3ir's."
<predicted>: b' This words from this mouth of Bel-na\xe1\xb9\xa3ir.'

<gold>: b' ... Now I am sending x+4 men for the well-being'
<predicted>: b' Now then I am sending him to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' ivory ... , ivory knive(s), (and) daggers of ivory (and) ebony, whose mountings are of gold;'
<predicted>: b" of the ivory's desire, and the 'base of the throne' are present. The 'weapon'-mark of the 'increment' rises towards gold."

<gold>: b' A vineyard of 1,000 vines in Izalla, adjoining the vineyard of NN;'
<predicted>: b' 1 vineyard in the town of Izalla, adjoining the vineyard of NN,'

<gold>: b' You ... a platter of oil and a platter of honey upon ...'
<predicted>: b' You place a platter of oil on ... ,'

<gold>: b' A built house with its beams, and with its doors,'
<predicted>: b' A built house with its beams, doors,'

<gold>: b' I have appointed the carpenters and potters ...'
<predicted>: b' x, the carpentersers, the poters ...'

<gold>: b' 4 Kushite horses from the governor of Nineveh;'
<predicted>: b' 4 Kushite horses from the governor of Nineveh'

<gold>: b' 1 mare, which Marduk-bani-ahhe, the bodyguard brought in.'
<predicted>: b' 1 female girl of Marduk-bani-ahhe, the bodyguard.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, chariot driver.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, chariot driver.'

<gold>: b' From the 26th day of the month Tammuz (IV) to the 25th day of the month Ab (V),'
<predicted>: b' From the 26th of Tammuz (IV), the 25th of Ab (V), the 25th of Ab (V).'

<gold>: b' With regard to Sippar, may the king, my lord, be vigilant, so we can relax.'
<predicted>: b' As to the Babylonians, the king, my lord, should be confident. Let the king, my lord, hear it.'

<gold>: b' If the moon at its appearance becomes visible on the 28th day as if on the 1st day: bad for the Westland.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon at its appearance is like a crescent on the 1st day: dispersal of the land.'

<gold>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and two stars stand in the halo with the moon: a reign of long days.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and two stars stand in the halo with the moon: a reign of long days.'

<gold>: b' Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, send NN with men, horses, and an army, as (great as) he wishes,'
<predicted>: b' , together with men, horses, and an army, as he wishes,'

<gold>: b' he has contracted and given it legally to Sin-aplu-iddina,'
<predicted>: b' Sin-aplu-iddina has contracted and bought for 30 minas of silver.'

<gold>: b' , (and) firmly established tribute (and) payment on the chieftains of Chaldea.'
<predicted>: b' I imposed upon the chieftains of Chaldea;'

<gold>: b' Let the king, my lord, write me quickly so that he may set out.'
<predicted>: b' Let them write to the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, write to us'

<gold>: b' saying: "How many have you sold for silver? These are sheep of ... "'
<predicted>: b' as much as the silver in the silver of the silver ...'

<gold>: b' He did not go out again either to do battle or to go on a journey ...'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, should not go to do battle.'

<gold>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'
<predicted>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'

<gold>: b' If Jupiter becomes steady in the morning: enemy kings will be reconciled.'
<predicted>: b' If Jupiter becomes steady in the morning: enemy kings will make peace.'

<gold>: b' His ear wax is lead. The fruit tree is his bone.'
<predicted>: b' The corn is his ears. The fire is his tears. The fire is his tears.'

<gold>: b' 7 litres for \xc5\xa1ahu-vessels, 20th day intercalary Elul (VIa);'
<predicted>: b" 7 'litres' of midru-bread on the 20th day of the month of Iyyar (II)."

<gold>: b' in accordance with the command of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and your favorable decisions,'
<predicted>: b' in accordance with the command of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and your favorable decisions,'

<gold>: b' You convict two doves, male and female, before \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, (saying):'
<predicted>: b' 2 male singers at the disposal of the sun.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-tukulti, cohort commander of the \xc5\xa1a \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93pi guard.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-tati, cohort commander of the \xc5\xa1a \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93pi guard.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-iddina, chariot driver.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-iddina, chariot driver.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, cohort commander of ditto.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, cohort commander.'

<gold>: b' ... my messengers to ...'
<predicted>: b' ... my messenger to ...'

<gold>: b' Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it?'
<predicted>: b' Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it?'

<gold>: b' The word of the king to NN. I am well; you may be happy.'
<predicted>: b" The king's word to NN: I am well, you can be glad."

<gold>: b' Image of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, governor of the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu and the land of Mari.'
<predicted>: b' statue of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, governor of the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu and the land of Mari,'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-dammiq. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-dammiq. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' Baki\xc5\xa1a, (her) mother, 4 persons; Nab\xc3\xbb-eriba, ... ; ... ayu, ... ; ... ;'
<predicted>: b" Ba'a, mother of Nab\xc3\xbb-eriba, ... , the ... ;"

<gold>: b' In his eponymy (and the period allotted by) his die, may the harvest of Assyria prosper well.'
<predicted>: b' As for the one who removes my inscription and my name: May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the goddess Zarpan\xc4\xabtu will prosper.'

<gold>: b" ... The upper/lower part is elevated. The base of the middle part is 'bound.' The breast-bone is thick..."
<predicted>: b" ... The 'finger' is split. The base of the middle part is 'loose.'"

<gold>: b' May (this query) go to your great divinity, O \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer.'
<predicted>: b' May (this query) go to your great divinity, O \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer.'

<gold>: b' are/were many. (I swear) by the gods of the king, my lord, that even before the king, my lord wrote'
<predicted>: b' The gods of the king, my lord, is as the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b' May (this query) go to your great divinity, O \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer.'
<predicted>: b' May (this query) go to your great divinity, O \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer.'

<gold>: b' May (this query) go to your great divinity, O \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer.'
<predicted>: b' May (this query) go to your great divinity, O \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer.'

<gold>: b' the sublime, who walks at the side of the king \xe2\x80\x94 his favorite \xe2\x80\x94 the one who<<unk>>ers the enemies'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the exalted kings that the king, my lord, has revived me!'

<gold>: b' He seats the chanters and makes them rise. He provides for the House of God in the house of Dagan.'
<predicted>: b' and the goddess Mullissu, the creation of the king, and caused (them) up in (his) eternal dais(es).'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' ... all ... who are dressed in robes ...'
<predicted>: b' all the back of ... , adjoining the house of ... , ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-eriba, deputy team-commander.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-eriba, deputy of the team-commander.'

<gold>: b' May Nikkal, your beloved spouse, look upon my deeds with favour.'
<predicted>: b' May the goddess Ningal, the lady of everything, the deeds'

<gold>: b' the palace was secured before them like a mountain and rose'
<predicted>: b' I built the palace of the palace of the heavens, (and) I had (it) dwell upon them.'

<gold>: b' A house in Nineveh before the gate-house of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1,'
<predicted>: b' The house of Nineveh in Nineveh. The palace of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1.'

<gold>: b' -qam, chariot driver of ditto.'
<predicted>: b' , chariot-bearers, chariot driver.'

<gold>: b' because of Kaqqadanu, the governor.'
<predicted>: b' From the presence of Kiqaranu, the governor,'

<gold>: b" Bel-le'i, their commandant"
<predicted>: b" Bel-le'i, prefect;"

<gold>: b' forever. May a later prince restore it'
<predicted>: b' May a later prince restore its weakened (portions and) return my inscribed name to its place.'

<gold>: b' ... his messenger ... , saying:'
<predicted>: b' ... his messenger ... his messenger ...'

<gold>: b' , 20th day, eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, chief eunuch.'
<predicted>: b' , 20th day, eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, chief eunuch.'

<gold>: b' A thigh, a shoulder, outer cuts; 2 cuts of shoulders, of one ox of the temple of Dagan;'
<predicted>: b' A thigh, a shoulder, outer cuts, and the pot of the ox;'

<gold>: b' To the crown prince, my lord: your servant, NN. Good health to the crown prince, my lord. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the crown prince, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' Good health to the crown prince, my lord. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the crown prince, my lord.'

<gold>: b' May (this query) go to your great divinity, O \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer.'
<predicted>: b' May (this query) go to your great divinity, O \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer.'

<gold>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'
<predicted>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'

<gold>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'
<predicted>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'

<gold>: b' There are x stone cutters. The dyers have begun to dye.'
<predicted>: b' The ... s (and) the \xe1\xb9\xac\xc4\x81\xc4\xab-bread, the \xe2\x80\x98third man\xe2\x80\x99 (and) the'

<gold>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's case, be it good, be it faulty"
<predicted>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's case, be it good or faulty"

<gold>: b" Fingernail of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-yada', fingernail of Danun\xc3\xae, owners of the land being sold."
<predicted>: b" Fingernail of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-ila'i, fingernail of Dinu'\xc3\xae."

<gold>: b' (and) the sheep to our servants!" But he refused to give them (back).'
<predicted>: b' The sheep for his servants, did not give to his servants.'

<gold>: b' O wall, speak favorable things (about me) to the god Marduk, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' (and) the god Marduk, my lord, a powerful goddess Marduk, my lord:'

<gold>: b' Now he is in the city of ... at your disposal.'
<predicted>: b' Now ... are in the presence of ... and in the town of ...'

<gold>: b' In the ankle there is a hole whose inside is white'
<predicted>: b' in the middle of the gall bladder there is a hole. The breast-bone is located upon them.'

<gold>: b' Place in my hands the inexhaustible craft of medicine!'
<predicted>: b' The physician which he is taking to the king, is in my hands.'

<gold>: b' ... he himself shall ... The towns, fields and orchards'
<predicted>: b' (and whether) they will ... ; they shall fields, gardens, orchards and orchards.'

<gold>: b' s were serving with me, watch over their houses?"'
<predicted>: b' with me, but they did not agree with them.'

<gold>: b' Witness Add\xc3\xae, merchant. Witness Hiri\xe1\xb9\xa3ayu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Add\xc3\xae, merchant. Witness Hiri\xe1\xb9\xa3ayu.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, chariot driver ...'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, chariot driver ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-lamur, village manager.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Bel-lamur, village manager.'

<gold>: b' is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b' citizens of Babylon whom'
<predicted>: b' the citizens of Babylon'

<gold>: b' Concerning the bath, what is it that the king, my lord, commands?'
<predicted>: b' What is it that the king, my lord, commands?'

<gold>: b' he has let the fortress of Yakin ... fall into disrepair. One ... upon the other ...'
<predicted>: b' (and) the ... s of my army, but ... against me ...'

<gold>: b' Not with my own strength, not with the strength of my bow, but with the power'
<predicted>: b' , since I had not come to the king, my lord, before me'

<gold>: b' If the Field star comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: in that year'
<predicted>: b' If the Field star comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: there will be famine.'

<gold>: b' Month Tishri (VII), 21st day, eponym year of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-ka\xc5\xa1id-ayabi.'
<predicted>: b' Month Tishri (VII), 21st day, eponym year of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-ka\xc5\xa1id-ayabi.'

<gold>: b' I parceled out a plot of x hectares of field in ... and gave (it) to them ...'
<predicted>: b' An estate of x hectares of land ...'

<gold>: b' To the god \xe1\xb8\xaaallasua, his lord, has Shalmaneser, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, dedicated (this).'
<predicted>: b' For the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, his mistress, Shalmaneser, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, dedicated (this) for the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, his lord.'

<gold>: b' If the Pleiades come close to the top of the moon and stand there: the king will exercise world dominion, his land will expand.'
<predicted>: b' If the Pleiades come close to the top of the moon and stand there: the king will exercise world dominion; his land will expand.'

<gold>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'

<gold>: b' News of the son of Yakin: he is in Babylon.'
<predicted>: b' News of the son of Yakin: he is in Babylon'

<gold>: b' Ninuaya, chief haruspex, (was) reporter.'
<predicted>: b' (and) Ninuayu, chief haruspex.'

<gold>: b' The people of all the lands are obedient to the king.'
<predicted>: b' The people of the land of all the servants of the king, my lord'

<gold>: b' -yada\' said to them: "Come and graze!"'
<predicted>: b' , they said to them: "Come to me.'

<gold>: b' You have ... ed ... like an ear for yourselves ...'
<predicted>: b' I have ... ed to ... , as long as ... , ...'

<gold>: b' Month of Mu\xe1\xb8\xabur-il\xc4\x81ni, eponymy of Enlil-mudammiq.'
<predicted>: b' Month of Mu\xe1\xb8\xabur-il\xc4\x81ni, eponymy of Enlil-mudammiq.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place'

<gold>: b' They went forth in formation, quickly marching on,'
<predicted>: b' They brought out and ...'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-sakip, village manager.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-sakip, village manager.'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, ditto.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, ditto.'

<gold>: b' I pray day and night for the life of the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' , on the day of the life of my lord, I pray to the preservation of my lord.'

<gold>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a halo and two stars stand in it: a reign of long days.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and two stars stand in it: a reign of long days.'

<gold>: b' Previously he did not go out, (but) now he has gone to Babylon.'
<predicted>: b' in the presence of the king, my lord, to Babylon'

<gold>: b' there are 7,000 (homers) of barley, (measured) by a seah of 6 litres, at my disposal.'
<predicted>: b" , 7 (homers) of barley and the seah of 6 'litres' in my presence."

<gold>: b" Na'id-bit-\xc5\xa0eriga, his brother Nab\xc3\xbb-nadin-ahi, three women, total 5;"
<predicted>: b' Na\xc5\xa1uh-iqbi, son of Nab\xc3\xbb-nadin-ahi, his brother \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b" Nab\xc3\xbb-u\xc5\xa1allim, the 'son' of Dakkuru, has ignored the king's word concerning the"
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1allim, son of Dakuru, I am going to'

<gold>: b' Eri\xc5\xa1um, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Ilu-\xc5\xa1\xc5\xabma, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur,'
<predicted>: b' Eri\xc5\xa1um, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Ilu-\xc5\xa1\xc5\xabma, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'

<gold>: b' is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the elephant skin about which I wrote to the king, my lord,'
<predicted>: b' As to the palace of the king, my lord, I came to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' If the sun rises in a cloudbank: the king will become furious and raise his weapons.'
<predicted>: b' If the sun rises in a cloudbank: there will be a decrease of the enemy.'

<gold>: b' 1 red horse, 3 irginu-coloured horses, 14 mares: in all 18 horses,'
<predicted>: b' 1 red horses, 3 irginu-coloured horses, in all 18 horses,'

<gold>: b' who is with them go posthaste to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' in the presence of the king, my lord, I will come to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Witness NN, chariot fighter of the lady of the house of the crown prince.'
<predicted>: b' Witness NN, chariot fighter of the crown prince.'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-nadin-ahhe, chariot owner;'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-nadin-ahhe, chariot owner;'

<gold>: b" Witness Tarditu-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, 'third man' of the prince."
<predicted>: b" Witness Tarditu-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, 'third man' of the prince."

<gold>: b' ... together. Now I am sending them to the king.'
<predicted>: b' I am now ... to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Balta-idri, servant of Sang\xc3\xbb-Issar \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b" Ba't-idri, servant of Sang\xc3\xbb-Issar \xe2\x80\x94"

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-e\xe1\xb9\xadir-nap\xc5\xa1ati, scribe, keeper of the tablet.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-e\xe1\xb9\xadir-nap\xc5\xa1ati, scribe.'

<gold>: b' May she give you well-being, life, fame and offspring!\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' (and) of the name of the king, your lord, and his descendants, be given to him.'

<gold>: b' I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the city Ataun...'
<predicted>: b' I surrounded, conquered, plundered, (and) burned with fire.'

<gold>: b' May they make evil and wicked things surround you like fire.'
<predicted>: b' If he does not pay, he will tell it to me.'

<gold>: b' Total, of Ahu-duri, son of \xc5\xa0a-Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1\xc3\xbb.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 4, total of Ahu-duri, son of \xc5\xa0a-Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1\xc3\xbb.'

<gold>: b' The ... of the overseer of the palace should ask ...'
<predicted>: b' May ... the overseer of the palace ...'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place'

<gold>: b' B\xc4\x93l-l\xc5\xabballi\xe1\xb9\xad, field marshal, chief herald:'
<predicted>: b' Ashur-shezibanni,'

<gold>: b' Now then let the king ask his major-domo'
<predicted>: b' , (and whether) the major-domo of his;'

<gold>: b' Witness Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1, chief scribe.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1, chief scribe.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, cohort commander.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, cohort commander.'

<gold>: b' His servant Tammaritu, king of Elam:'
<predicted>: b' , a servant of the king of Elam.'

<gold>: b' They told him an unsubstantiated rumor: "The king'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, said: "He are the king\'s work."'

<gold>: b' Ever since I came'
<predicted>: b' Ever since I went to the house, saying: "We are'

<gold>: b' Total, in the village of Gurrab\xc3\xa2, near the town of Dur-Nab\xc3\xbb.'
<predicted>: b' Total, (in) the village of Guraraba, near the town of Dur-Nab\xc3\xbb.'

<gold>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding'
<predicted>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'

<gold>: b' O later prince among the kings my sons whom A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur will name for the shepherdship of Assyria: restore the weakened (portions) of the temples; write your name with mine'
<predicted>: b" ... quickly ... in the king's house ..."

<gold>: b' Necklace of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), king of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' Seal of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' If the star of Marduk becomes visible in the beginning of the year: in this year his furrow will prosper.'
<predicted>: b' If the star of Marduk becomes visible at the beginning of the year: business will prosper.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-iddina. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-iddina. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' I conquered the land Unqi to its full extent (and) I brought to Assyria twenty talents of gold,'
<predicted>: b' I conquered the land Unqi to its full extent (and) I brought to Assyria'

<gold>: b' If he is not brought or handed over, he shall give a servant equal to his own servant.'
<predicted>: b' If he does not pay, he does not pay, servant of his servant.'

<gold>: b' I\xc5\xa1tar, I\xc5\xa1tar-of-the-Staff, Ber, Tammuz'
<predicted>: b' Ditto by I\xc5\xa1tar, \xc5\xa0akkan\xc5\xa1-kadru,'

<gold>: b' He took it as a loan. It shall increase by 3 seahs per homer.'
<predicted>: b' He has taken it as a loan. It shall increase by 5 seahs per homer.'

<gold>: b" Month Iyyar (II), 16th day, eponym year of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-da''inanni."
<predicted>: b" Month Iyyar (II), 16th day, eponym year of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-da''inanni."

<gold>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty"
<predicted>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good or faulty"

<gold>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty"
<predicted>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty"

<gold>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty"
<predicted>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty"

<gold>: b' An estate of 2 decares of throne (land) adjoining Nergal-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur.'
<predicted>: b' , adjoining Nergal-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, the house of the throne \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' x minas of red wool, 5 minas of black wool from within the Palace.'
<predicted>: b' x minas of red wool, 5 minas of black wool;'

<gold>: b" Month of Iyyar (II), 25th day, eponym year of Bel-Harran-\xc5\xa1adu'a (650)."
<predicted>: b" Month Iyyar (II), 25th day, eponym year of Bel-Harran-\xc5\xa1ad\xc3\xbb'a (650)."

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Shebat (XI) on the 30th day: an eclipse of all lands will take place.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Shebat (XI) on the 30th day: there will be hostility in the land.'

<gold>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: ... ; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed.'
<predicted>: b' ... The cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed.'

<gold>: b' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal'
<predicted>: b' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal'

<gold>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal of Akkad.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal of Akkad.'

<gold>: b" ... , NN ditto; Abatsa-na'id ditto; Suranu ... ; ... ;"
<predicted>: b" x ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto, ditto ditto ditto ditto, Sra'nu ditto, NN ... ,"

<gold>: b' 1, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-killanni, the father of ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 1, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-killanni, his father, of the town of Ni-nuri.'

<gold>: b' Witness Bel-Harran-abu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, from Bala\xe1\xb9\xadu.'
<predicted>: b" Witness Na'di-abu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur."

<gold>: b' the chief victualler'
<predicted>: b' the chief victualler'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' the chief victualler'
<predicted>: b' the chief victualler'

<gold>: b' the chief lamentation priest:'
<predicted>: b' , chief of the chief chanter.'

<gold>: b' fields, orchards and people.'
<predicted>: b' the fields, fields and people of the people,'

<gold>: b' anew for the god Marduk, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' I am sending to the god Marduk, my lord, for the god Marduk, my lord.'

<gold>: b' ... the \xc5\xa0ubrian ...'
<predicted>: b' ... of his land.'

<gold>: b' Kakkullanu has contracted and bought for 2 minas of silver.'
<predicted>: b' Kakkullanu has contracted and bought him for two minas of silver.'

<gold>: b' to intercede'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the rest of his wall, (and) to make (them) as far as the city.'

<gold>: b' a total of 127 cavalry mounts have come in today.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 179 cavalry mounts have come in today.'

<gold>: b" If the moon's position at its appearance is stable;"
<predicted>: b" If the moon's appearance at its appearance are stable: there will be stable."

<gold>: b' Like A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, she wears a beard and is clothed with brilliance'
<predicted>: b' When (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, the god Marduk,'

<gold>: b' As for Kalbi-Uk\xc3\xbb, his watch is strong.'
<predicted>: b' - estate of Kalbi-Uk\xc3\xbb, his guard,'

<gold>: b' x people, runaways, of the governor of the town of \xc5\xa0imu.'
<predicted>: b' s of the governor of Calah.'

<gold>: b' Month Tammuz (IV), 17th day, eponym year of Zababa-eriba.'
<predicted>: b' Month Tammuz (IV), 17th day, eponym year of Zababa-eriba.'

<gold>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'
<predicted>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'

<gold>: b' A 2-seah jar of hammurtu-beer; a 2-seah jar of am\xc5\xabmu-beer;'
<predicted>: b' a 2-seah jar of hammurtu-beer; a 2-seah jar of am\xc5\xabmu-beer;'

<gold>: b' If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank.'

<gold>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'

<gold>: b' Cuthaeans'
<predicted>: b' the citizens of Cutha, the son of'

<gold>: b' ... they flew away alone ... to inaccessible place(s).'
<predicted>: b' (and) ... became dilapidated. (As for) the one who does not respect (any).'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 Saturn stands in the halo of the moon.'
<predicted>: b' Saturn stands in the halo of the moon.'

<gold>: b' Witness Marduk-iddina, scribe, keeper of the contract.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Marduk-iddina, scribe, keeper of the contract.'

<gold>: b' Zeru-ukin divided and gave to Ahu-iddina.'
<predicted>: b' Zer-ibni to Ahu-iddina; they have given (them) to Ahu-iddin.'

<gold>: b' The ignoramus \xe2\x80\x94 who is he? Perhaps this'
<predicted>: b' , saying: "He is a man."'

<gold>: b' ... they removed him and ... he plundered ... of his house.'
<predicted>: b' ... he extended and ... his house.'

<gold>: b' Aqaraya, Marduk-\xc5\xa1umu-ibni, Ban\xc3\xae, NN.'
<predicted>: b' Aqaraya, Marduk-\xc5\xa1umu-ibni, Bani\xc3\xae;'

<gold>: b' Let ... the gods of Elam not be placed ... !'
<predicted>: b' May ... the gods of Elam will ... !'

<gold>: b' Assyria is the land of Akkad of the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' of Assyria, king of Assyria,'

<gold>: b' Witness Nur-\xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1. Witness Pu\xe1\xb9\xadu-paiti.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nur-\xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1. Witness Pu\xe1\xb9\xadu-Issar.'

<gold>: b' Is there a servant who does not ... about ... ?'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, should not ...'

<gold>: b' I have written a copy of the sealed document'
<predicted>: b' All the whole whole which I have sent to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur has arranged a feast in E\xc5\xa1arra.'
<predicted>: b' with the temple of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, with the temple of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' a, the governor opposite me is here.'
<predicted>: b' The governor of the governor who was here.'

<gold>: b' Sin-shallimanni,'
<predicted>: b' -eriba, commander of Dur-Yakin, governor of Dur-\xc5\xa0arruken.'

<gold>: b' 3 towers, the beams fixed'
<predicted>: b' 3 (of) 3 (leaves) of beams;'

<gold>: b' my messenger to Tyre'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the messenger of Tyre'

<gold>: b' a cup of olives; a basket of (mixed) fruit.'
<predicted>: b' a cup of olives; a basket of (mixed) fruit.'

<gold>: b' An estate of Nab\xc3\xbb-ahu-... , ... , assigned to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-re\xe1\xb9\xa3uwa'
<predicted>: b' An estate of Nab\xc3\xbb-ahu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, at the disposal of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-re\xe1\xb9\xa3uwa.'

<gold>: b' saying, "As to the fortress of Bit-Dakuru,'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "'

<gold>: b' The night of the 13th day was cloudy, in the morning watch the moon came out.'
<predicted>: b' The night of the 13th day was cloudy; in the morning watch the moon came out.'

<gold>: b' He shall have the usufruct of the field for 3 crop years and 3 fallow years, in all 6 years.'
<predicted>: b' 3 (hectares of) meat, 3 fallow years, in all 63 years,'

<gold>: b' and plead our cases in the presence of the king, my lord, and let the king decide between us.'
<predicted>: b' at the disposal of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' x reinforced lower garments, with edging; 1 upper garment, red, of the country; 1 shawl;'
<predicted>: b' x ditto, ditto, small, of the (ox) canal, 1 red, ditto, 1;'

<gold>: b' If he does not pay, it shall increase by 1/2 a shekel.'
<predicted>: b' If he does not pay, it shall increase by a fourth.'

<gold>: b' A visitor shall not learn about the sanctuary; they are the gate-guards of the temple.'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the land will not go to the temple of the land.'

<gold>: b" 40 minas of copper belonging to Kur-ila'i, at the disposal of Qibit-Issar."
<predicted>: b" 40 minas of copper belonging to Kur-ila'i, at the disposal of Qibit-Issar,"

<gold>: b' ... , builder of ... , ... (and) Nab\xc3\xbb ... with the gaze of their eyes, ...'
<predicted>: b' ... the god Nab\xc3\xbb ... each of the gods Nab\xc3\xbb and Nab\xc3\xbb ...'

<gold>: b' he shall bring in. If the king is on the attack in the country of his enemy,'
<predicted>: b' If the king is in the country, whether he will be brought in his country.'

<gold>: b' a 2-seah jar of hinhinu-seeds, 1 shoot of sesame,'
<predicted>: b' a 2-seah jar of hinhinu-seeds; 1 ditto of sesame;'

<gold>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty"
<predicted>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty"

<gold>: b" th day, eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-le'i, governor of Arbela."
<predicted>: b" th day, eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-le'i, governor of Arbela."

<gold>: b' (Property) of Simbar-\xc5\xa0ipak, son of Er\xc4\xabba-S\xc3\xaen.'
<predicted>: b' (Property) of M\xc4\x81r-b\xc4\xabti, son of Er\xc4\xabba-Adad.'

<gold>: b' Month Marchesvan (VIII), 21st day, eponym year of Dad\xc3\xae, treasurer.'
<predicted>: b' Month Marchesvan (VIII), 21st day, eponym year of Dad\xc3\xae, treasurer.'

<gold>: b' I sent ... jewellery of stone, gold, ivory (and) lapis lazuli.'
<predicted>: b' I sent a ... of gold (and) cypress, (and) I placed (them) an object of wonder.'

<gold>: b' Tatt\xc3\xae, son of PN, weighed the gold with Sukkaya (and) Mu...'
<predicted>: b' Tatuti, son of Sukki-Aya, ... ,'

<gold>: b' On the 9th, the boats arrived in the town of'
<predicted>: b' , on the 9th day the city'

<gold>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether from this day, the'
<predicted>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether from this day, the'

<gold>: b' a ditto of small onions; a cup of quinces;'
<predicted>: b' a ditto of small onions; a cup of quinces;'

<gold>: b' Now then I have written to open your ears.'
<predicted>: b' I know as far as the salt, I destroyed.'

<gold>: b' May the lord of kings do as he deems best.'
<predicted>: b' May the lord of kings do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' I will give security for Esarhaddon, king of Assyria'
<predicted>: b' against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria,'

<gold>: b' The one who is present shall pay these accounts in full.'
<predicted>: b' (and) of the pand) soldiers.'

<gold>: b' Ma\xc5\xa1tukku of the land Aratista,'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Makd\xc3\xbb, a man of the land Amurru.'

<gold>: b' Shamash-belu-usur,'
<predicted>: b' Ashur-belu-usur,'

<gold>: b' adjoining the town Ammanayu of Adad-imme;'
<predicted>: b' adjoining the town of Am-immi,'

<gold>: b' in all 6 complete polyptychs, 4 leaves,'
<predicted>: b' a total of 66lyptychs and 4 door-beams.'

<gold>: b' If Mars comes close to Cancer: the city'
<predicted>: b' If Mars comes close to Cancer: the city will seize the city.'

<gold>: b' Those people are purchased and acquired.'
<predicted>: b' , and the people are purchased and acquired.'

<gold>: b' ... they will put ...'
<predicted>: b' May ... his heart will be released; ... ?'

<gold>: b' s to the \xc5\xa0ubrian."'
<predicted>: b' I received tribute from the land \xc5\xa0ubria.'

<gold>: b' ... I will read'
<predicted>: b' ... towers ...'

<gold>: b' a cup of fig-beer; a cup of small onions;'
<predicted>: b' a cup of fig-beer; a ditto of small onions;'

<gold>: b' and'
<predicted>: b' , and in (their) gates. The palace'

<gold>: b' Rahime-Dadi, son of Il-gabbiri,'
<predicted>: b' Rhi-Dadi, son of Il-gabbari,'

<gold>: b' the command of the gods Apla-Adad and TAR.DI.NI'
<predicted>: b' At that time, the temple of the god Adad and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar,'

<gold>: b' Month Ab (V), 10th day, eponym year of Sagab, governor of Harran (651).'
<predicted>: b' Month Ab (V), 10th day, eponym year of Sagab (651).'

<gold>: b" If the left side of the 'cap' grows a 'finger': divine mercy for the man"
<predicted>: b" The left of the 'finger' is split. The 'increment' is normal."

<gold>: b' the man whose name is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity, he will be troubled and worried'
<predicted>: b' , and (whether) they are keeping well-being.'

<gold>: b' an estate of x hectares, (adjoining) the field of the domestics of the Chaldean village ... ;'
<predicted>: b' an estate of x hectares of land ... , the house of ...'

<gold>: b' Mannu-ki-Arbail has contracted and bought it from Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-Issar for x minas of silver.'
<predicted>: b' Mannu-ki-Arbail, at the disposal of Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-Issar.'

<gold>: b' The master of the banquet and the officiant kiss the ground before DN and stand up.'
<predicted>: b' the offic lords of the banquet.'

<gold>: b' who are coming in today. Total, 11 men coming in.'
<predicted>: b' Now, in all 12 men, servants of the men.'

<gold>: b' who (or which) is not acceptable to the king, my lord; what should I'
<predicted>: b' What is in the presence of the king, my lord?'

<gold>: b' Until the xth day, no bread came in. Afterwards, ...'
<predicted>: b' , as far as ... ,'

<gold>: b' has contracted (and bought) from Bal\xe1\xb9\xadaya, for one mina'
<predicted>: b' from Bal\xe1\xb9\xadaya, has contracted and bought them for one mina of silver by the mina of Carchemish.'

<gold>: b' Your servant Marduk-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur: Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' Your servant Marduk-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur. Good health to'

<gold>: b' In Nisan, the first day, he should cleanse and purify himself.'
<predicted>: b' If in Nisan (I) on the 1st day let him rise in the land.'

<gold>: b' 20 minas, Pad\xc3\xae, village-manager, of the estate ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 20 minas, Pad\xc3\xae, village of the village of the village of ... ;'

<gold>: b' If there is continuous fog every day: business will become abundant.'
<predicted>: b' If a fog rolls in a cloud: business will become stable.'

<gold>: b' stone.'
<predicted>: b' I am herewith sending him to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' They gave a bribe to S\xc3\xaen-\xc5\xa1ullim'
<predicted>: b' is well. Good health to Sin-u\xc5\xa1allim.'

<gold>: b" His son did not ascend his father's throne"
<predicted>: b' The son of his father, sat on his royal throne.'

<gold>: b' Mars is said to (portend) death.'
<predicted>: b' For Mars, who dwells in the night,'

<gold>: b" Witness Yada'-il, an Itu'ean."
<predicted>: b" Witness Yada-il, Itu'ean."

<gold>: b' I surrounded with knobbed nails to enhance its appearance.'
<predicted>: b' (and) he sings, \xe2\x80\x9cHouse of) the entire gods who support me, (and)'

<gold>: b' ... -alik-pani, ... of the queen mother;'
<predicted>: b' ... -iddina, ditto of the queen mother of the queen mother;'

<gold>: b' NN and his people, NN and his people,'
<predicted>: b' NN and his people, NN and his people,'

<gold>: b' Fingernail of \xc5\xa0er-idri, owner of the land being sold.'
<predicted>: b' Fingernail of \xc5\xa0er-idri, owner of the field being sold.'

<gold>: b' Bring (constant) prosperity among them!'
<predicted>: b' in their hearts.'

<gold>: b' my lord at whose mighty battle-cry'
<predicted>: b' Now then the king, my lord,'

<gold>: b" of the city of Kannu' imposed"
<predicted>: b" of the city of Kannu'a"

<gold>: b' in all 3 persons from the merchant.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 3 persons from the merchants.'

<gold>: b' ? Will it be delivered to him?'
<predicted>: b' (whether) they will set out of his hand.'

<gold>: b' ... Sennacherib, king of Assyria (... ).'
<predicted>: b' ... Sennacherib, king of Assyria (... ).'

<gold>: b' If the king commands, let the'
<predicted>: b' If the king will say: "The month of the 29th day'

<gold>: b' Adallal, adjutant;'
<predicted>: b' Adallal, adjutant;'

<gold>: b' Will the ... of Sin-\xc5\xa1arra-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur hear and escape?'
<predicted>: b" ... , ... of Sin-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, the 'third man' of the storehouse."

<gold>: b' he forgot the good'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the destruction of his life, (and) for him.'

<gold>: b' the gods. Moreover, perform the full ilku-duty in the temple (of)'
<predicted>: b' , as far as the royal bodyguard.'

<gold>: b' 25 hectares of arable land ... in the town Hansuri, near Harran.'
<predicted>: b' 25 hectares of arable land in the town ... , near the city of Harran, near the city of Harran.'

<gold>: b" If the 'mass' rides upon the left of the gall bladder: the mass of the enemy's army (will march) against my country."
<predicted>: b' If the \xe2\x80\x98Thick\xe2\x80\x99 (mub\xc5\xa1u) of the right side of the gall bladder, downfall of the enemy.'

<gold>: b' If (the moon) becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal of Akkad.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal of Akkad.'

<gold>: b' Swear each individually by A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, father of the gods, lord of the lands!'
<predicted>: b' The god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, father of the gods, lord of the lands,'

<gold>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'

<gold>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding.'

<gold>: b' If a planet stands at the left horn of the moon: the king will exercise world dominion.'
<predicted>: b' If a planet stands in front of the moon: the king will exercise world rule.'

<gold>: b' Gate of Arbela, the pinnacle (of) holy towns!'
<predicted>: b' the (city) wall of Arbela:'

<gold>: b' ra said: "He has gone (away)." Let the king ask him.'
<predicted>: b' he said: "Any the king should question him.'

<gold>: b" From Bel-le'i, descendant of Egibi, exorcist."
<predicted>: b" From Bel-le'i, descendant of Egibi, exorcist."

<gold>: b' (Property) of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-killanni, the \xc5\xa1a r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1i of the king.'
<predicted>: b' (Property) of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-killanni, eunuch of the king.'

<gold>: b' 1 ox, 10 sheep, 1 duck \xe2\x80\x94 gate of the small shrine;'
<predicted>: b' 1 ox, 10 sheep, 1 duck \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well.'
<predicted>: b' The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well.'

<gold>: b' courageous, destructive weapon of the gods, Deluge in battle,'
<predicted>: b' , valiant, who dwells in the midst of the sea,'

<gold>: b' If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days.'
<predicted>: b' If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days.'

<gold>: b' In Iyyar (II) on the 20th day let him give bread'
<predicted>: b' If the sun becomes visible in Iyyar (II) on the 20th day:'

<gold>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-ili. Witness Husurayu.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Mannu-ki-ili. Witness Hirayu.'

<gold>: b' Witness Marduk-\xc5\xa1arru-ibni, cohort commander.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Marduk-\xc5\xa1arru-ibni, cohort commander.'

<gold>: b' Having fallen in ... , he escaped, and is saying ...'
<predicted>: b' If he does not pay, he will ... , they will ... ?'

<gold>: b" Witness Nergal-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, 'third man.'"
<predicted>: b" Witness Nergal-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, 'third man.'"

<gold>: b' 3 bags of sesame; 9 ditto of (mixed) kernels.'
<predicted>: b' 3 bags of sesame; 9 ditto of kernels.'

<gold>: b' NN and his people, NN and his people,'
<predicted>: b' NN and his people, NN and his people,'

<gold>: b' Mercury is seen at the appearance of the moon.'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 Mercury becomes visible in the moon.'

<gold>: b' seal of Nab\xc3\xbb-riba-ahhe, scribe,'
<predicted>: b' seal of Nab\xc3\xbb-eriba-ahhe, scribe.'

<gold>: b' Palace of Er\xc4\xabba-Marduk, king of Babylon.'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Am\xc4\x93l-Marduk, king of Babylon.'

<gold>: b' he offers to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur without soaking it in bouillon.'
<predicted>: b' He pours water to the right. He shall contest in before A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' So let the privileged status of the women who'
<predicted>: b' and the woman of Babylon'

<gold>: b" Witness Iba\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i-ilani, son of Nergal-ila'i."
<predicted>: b" Witness Iba\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i-ilani, son of Nergal-ila'i."

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, ditto of the \xc5\xa1a-\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93pi guard of the prince.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, \xc5\xa1a \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93pi guard of the prince.'

<gold>: b' , may the king, my lord, command: "Let Ana-Nab\xc3\xbb-taklak'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, says: "Marduk-taklak'

<gold>: b' whatever is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity, and do accordingly? Is it pleasing to your great divinity.'
<predicted>: b' and opened off the off of'

<gold>: b' If there is continually fog in the land: the dynasty of the king of the land will rule the world.'
<predicted>: b' If there is fog in the land continually: the king of the land will rule the world.'

<gold>: b' If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy.'

<gold>: b' Witness Adad-balli\xe1\xb9\xad, herald, son of Gug\xc3\xbb.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Adad-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad, son of Gug\xc3\xae.'

<gold>: b' but you withheld from him the 2 camels (and) all the'
<predicted>: b' and two horses, two camels,'

<gold>: b' May the goddess Gula, ... , look upon this work of mine with pleasure and'
<predicted>: b' ... my ... , may my look might be carried out!'

<gold>: b' x minas of silver belonging to Luqu, at the disposal of Dann\xc3\xae.'
<predicted>: b' x minas of silver belonging to Luqu, at the disposal of Dannaya.'

<gold>: b' Concerning NN about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me,'
<predicted>: b' As to NN about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me,'

<gold>: b' The moon completed the day in this month.'
<predicted>: b' The moon will reject the day in this month.'

<gold>: b' Hubayu,'
<predicted>: b' Bel-dan,'

<gold>: b' The ... of (which) the king, my lord, ... have entered ... and ... the king, my lord ...'
<predicted>: b' Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me, I have sent ... to the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, ...'

<gold>: b' , the prince who reveres him, the (city) wall of Sirara, which had been built from earlier days and'
<predicted>: b' The prince who reveres his face, the wall of his reign, the site of his (Marduk\xe2\x80\x99s) exalted divinity, the cella of his (Marduk\xe2\x80\x99s) exalted divinity, the one who reveres the cella of the gods, his helpers \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. The house is purchased and acquired... Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b' A tablet of \xc5\xa0arru-duri to the palace scribe. Good health to my lord!'
<predicted>: b' A tablet of \xc5\xa0arru-duri to the palace scribe. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' Will they kill, plunder, ... ?'
<predicted>: b' The king of Assyria will become strong and attack, and kill ... ?'

<gold>: b' The 16th day (refers to) Subartu ... ; but in truth, it is a bad omen for Akkad.'
<predicted>: b' The 16th day: he will reach the land of Akkad; in all the people of Akkad.'

<gold>: b' May Zarpanitu, who grants name and seed, destroy your name and your seed from the land.'
<predicted>: b' May the goddess Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, the lady of your name, may the name of the land, make your name and your seed from the land.'

<gold>: b' That ... and vacant lot are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That land is purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b" \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-ila'i, bought slave, servant of Isbu\xe1\xb9\xadu, gardener of the palace \xe2\x80\x94"
<predicted>: b" \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-ila'i, the prelate, servant of Is\xe1\xb9\xad\xe1\xb9\xadu \xe2\x80\x94 the gardener of the palace"

<gold>: b' 1 1/2 minas of silver by the mina of the king belonging to Bel-lamur, at the disposal of Sukkaya.'
<predicted>: b' 1 1/2 minas of silver by the mina of Bel-lamur, at the disposal of Sukkaya,'

<gold>: b' ... my ... I returned and ... seized it ... the city K\xc4\x81r-\xc5\xa0arruk\xc4\xabn ... I built and ...'
<predicted>: b' ... I seized ... to the city Kar-\xc5\xa0arrukin ... , the city K\xc4\x81r-\xc5\xa0arruk\xc4\xabn ...'

<gold>: b' Esarhaddon, king of Assyria! I will seize your enemies and trample them under my foot.'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ahu-iddina, king of Assyria, made and brought foot in my feet.'

<gold>: b' s and went to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' with them, and they came to the king, my lord, and came to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' One of them is in Barhalza. I have sent word to bring him.'
<predicted>: b' I sent them to the country, and they sent them to the Barhalza.'

<gold>: b' ... they do not trust in the word of the king. I and my brothers, our mouth and ...'
<predicted>: b' ... to ... to the king about which I spoke to the king ...'

<gold>: b' Jupiter becomes visible in the east and stands in the sky all year.'
<predicted>: b' If Jupiter becomes visible in the east: the gods will stand in the sky.'

<gold>: b' Sennacherib, king of Assyria, built a house at the same time as the laying of the foundation(s) of Nineveh and gave (it) to his son.'
<predicted>: b' Sennacherib, king of Assyria, built a house at the same time of the Nineveh of Nineveh.'

<gold>: b' Peace is between them. (Whoever) breaks the contract, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 shall be his prosecutor. He shall pay 10 minas of silver.'
<predicted>: b' He shall pay the money tenfold to its owner. He shall pay 10 minas of silver and 10 minas of silver.'

<gold>: b' If a planet reaches a planet and passes it: there will be a strong epidemic in the land.'
<predicted>: b' If a planet stands in a planet: the weapons of the land will prosper, variant: there will be rival in the land.'

<gold>: b' He is bringing all the ... of the country ... , saying: "Let us grasp the feet of the king of ... ; otherwise, we should ... to ... 200 soldiers."'
<predicted>: b' ... all the land of ... , saying: "The men of the king\'s men ...'

<gold>: b' An eclipse in the morning watch portends sick people becoming well; the term of the morning watch is 10 months.'
<predicted>: b' An eclipse in the morning watch after the 30 watch after the 30 watch after the month.'

<gold>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) the day is overcast, and it is raining"
<predicted>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) the day is overcast"

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant, NN. May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, I\xc5\xa1tar, Bel, and Nab\xc3\xbb bless the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord:'

<gold>: b' A thigh, a shoulder, outer cuts, 2 cuts of shoulders; of x oxen: the stomachs, the liver, kidneys, hearts.'
<predicted>: b' A thigh, a shoulder, outer cuts, shoulder, 2 cuts of shoulder, (while) a bull, a liver, and the livers; the livers, the kidneys, the hearts, the hearts.'

<gold>: b' Siginna; the Upper Lamassu (and) the Lower Lamassu; the Daughter of Adad (and) Apladad'
<predicted>: b' Shalmaneser, Jupiter, the Lind\xc4\x81nu, the Judges of the Fow-of-the-River.'

<gold>: b' ... Concerning the news ...'
<predicted>: b' As to the news of ...'

<gold>: b' The palace of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta, king of the universe: of K\xc4\x81r-Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta.'
<predicted>: b' The palace of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta, king of the universe, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (I) (who was) also king of the universe.'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-re\xc5\xa1i-i\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i, chariot driver.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-re\xc5\xa1i-i\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i, chariot driver.'

<gold>: b' one haluppu fir tree, five cubits long, one cubit in circumference;'
<predicted>: b' The front of the mubku, one cubits (is) a cubit, 10 cubits long,'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93du (and) the safeguarding lamassu took care of its interior and constantly looked after (it).'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93dus, who resides in his side, fled and kissed my feet.'

<gold>: b' whether his sons (or) his grandsons, seeks a lawsuit or litigation with'
<predicted>: b' or his sons or his grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against NN and his sons,'

<gold>: b' Seal of Bahianu, village manager of the temple stewardess.'
<predicted>: b' seal of Bahianu, village manager of the steward steward.'

<gold>: b' He built from its foundations to its parapets,'
<predicted>: b' I built (and) completed (it) from its foundation(s) to its crenellations.'

<gold>: b' Ninurta-mukin-nishi.'
<predicted>: b' Ashur-belu-usur,'

<gold>: b" 2 hectares of field in Asihi; Atta'-idri, farmer, and his people;"
<predicted>: b' 2 hectares of field in the town of Amisi, farmer, and his people;'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b" La'itti-il, son of NN, farmer, formerly of the ... ; Atar-\xc5\xa1imki, ... ; 1 woman: a total of 3 people."
<predicted>: b' La-ili-ili, son of NN, has contracted and bought (said property) in all 3 people; ... , a total of 3 people.'

<gold>: b' , on your left is Erragal, the strongest one of the gods, in front of you go the valiant Pleiades! Fire burns to the right and left'
<predicted>: b' The left of the gods, the great lord, the god of the gods, the exalted, the gods, the exalted gods,'

<gold>: b' : I would gladly die for the king, my (lit. "his") lord! Say to the king, my lord:'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "Let me go to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: Your servant \xe1\xb9\xacab-\xc5\xa1ar-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. Good health to the king, my lord! As to the ... about which the king, my lord, wrote to me (Break)'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b" If the top of the 'finger' is split and drags towards the area of the 'finger': my army will reach its goal. My army's enterprise will be attained."
<predicted>: b" If the top of the 'finger' is split: the top of the 'finger' is split: the enemy will attack the vanguard of my army."

<gold>: b' , the cities Ellitarbi (and) Zit\xc4\x81nu, as far as the city Atinni,'
<predicted>: b' ri, (and) Ellipis of the city Zattatti, as far as the city Atinni,'

<gold>: b' He has made ... like ... fire, has done a terrible thing to me, has made my house like this.'
<predicted>: b' Just as (this) ... , the king, my lord, may do as he sees.'

<gold>: b' Month of Mu\xe1\xb8\xabur-il\xc4\x81ni, first day, eponymy of Ana-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-qalla, officer of the palace.'
<predicted>: b' Month of Mu\xc5\xa1mu-ilani, first day, eponymy of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-q\xc4\x93\xca\xbeal, chief of the palace.'

<gold>: b' I have now written to the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should do as he deems best.'
<predicted>: b' Now then I am writing to the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' Simbar-\xc5\xa0ipak, viceroy for the god Enlil, wise, beloved of the god'
<predicted>: b' Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Enlil-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (who was) also vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'

<gold>: b" Seal of Se'-sak\xc3\xa2, major-domo, owner of the man being sold."
<predicted>: b" Seal of Se'-sak\xc3\xa2, major-domo, owner of the man being sold."

<gold>: b" x vineyards in Yada'\xc3\xae; Abd\xc3\xae, gardener, and his people;"
<predicted>: b" ti's\xc3\xae, Abdi-ili, gardener, and his people;"

<gold>: b' I planted the date palm trees which are in the courtyard of the palace of the city Ra\xca\xbeil.'
<predicted>: b' I planted the date palm trees which are in the courtyard of the palace of the city Ramil.'

<gold>: b' May I\xc5\xa1tar, who resides in Arbela, not grant you mercy and forgiveness.'
<predicted>: b' May I\xc5\xa1tar, who dwells in Arbela, not show you mercy and compassion.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments'

<gold>: b' Our heart became afraid and worried and is constantly troubled: "We have been neglected."'
<predicted>: b' He became afraid and were happy for an end.'

<gold>: b' Witness Sakkannu, ditto.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Sakkannu, ditto.'

<gold>: b' Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "How are they positioned?" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Perhaps the king, my lord, will say:'

<gold>: b" Mannu-aki-Libbali, Adad-bessunu, Ubur-\xc5\xa1e': Total 3, (of the) town Issutu."
<predicted>: b' Mannu-aki- bought, ... , Adad-\xc5\xa1ezibanni, a total of ... , ... , ... \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' If Mars becomes visible in the month Iyyar (II), there will be hostilities; destruction of the Umman-manda."'
<predicted>: b' If in Iyyar (II) Mars becomes visible in the sky: there will be great army.'

<gold>: b' I shall deliver the ... to the governor of Arbela in ... ; I shall deliver the ... to the Palace Herald in ... ispi.'
<predicted>: b' ... I shall give ... to the palace herald.'

<gold>: b' You set up a censer of juniper before \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, pour a libation of beer, pour a libation of milk to the right and left of his door.'
<predicted>: b' You make a flour/incense-offering before \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, make a flour/incense-offering, pour beer and wine, and sing, \xe2\x80\x9cThe gate of his mouth,'

<gold>: b" As to Me\xe1\xb9\xa3ate-ibni and ... n\xc3\xa2 about whom the king, my lord, wrote me, in accordance with the king's sealed order ..."
<predicted>: b' As to Me-ibani about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, I have assigned word to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-b\xc4\x93l-ni\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1u, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), (who was) also vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-b\xc4\x93l-ni\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1u, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I), vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'

<gold>: b' Pu\xc5\xa1aya, Nag\xc3\xa2 his wife, Pud\xc3\xae, his brother, Attar-idri, his weaned son, in all 4.'
<predicted>: b' Pi\xc5\xa1aya, ditto, his wife, Padi\xc3\xae, (and) Atar-idri.'

<gold>: b' Belonging to B\xc4\x81n\xc4\xabtu, queen of Shalmaneser (V), king of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' (Property) of BNti-Nti, palace of Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' From the very beginning I have been a dog who loves the house of his lord.'
<predicted>: b" From the beginning of the house of his lord's house, when the house of the house of his lord."

<gold>: b" ... 3 persons, Yaluzu 4 persons, Nab\xc3\xbb-le'ani 2 persons,"
<predicted>: b" ... 3 persons; Yaya, 4 persons; Nab\xc3\xbb-le'i, 2 persons;"

<gold>: b' x hectares of field in Brewer Town; Kiqillanu, farmer, and his people.'
<predicted>: b' x hectares of field in the town of Kiqillanu, farmer, and his people;'

<gold>: b' ... mur, farmer, and his people; Kanunayu, farmer, and his people.'
<predicted>: b' NN, farmer, and his people; Kanunayu, farmer, and his people;'

<gold>: b' in all 6 arrows \xe2\x80\x94 all NN, the prelate of Der.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 6 ditto (of) NN, (and) a total of 6 silver, servants of Der \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b" Let me see the king my lord's caravan!"
<predicted>: b' The name of the king, my lord, is in his presence. The king, my lord, can be glad.'

<gold>: b' The great ziggurrat I (re)built for the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur my lord inside my city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the rest of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, (and) I marched to the city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord.'

<gold>: b' 2 reinforced lower garments ... ;'
<predicted>: b' 2 lower lower lower lower garments, 1 ... ; 1 ... ; 1 ... ; 1 ... ; 1 ...'

<gold>: b" The king's word to S\xc3\xaen-tabni-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur: I am well; you can be glad."
<predicted>: b" The king's word to Sin-na\xe1\xb9\xa3ir: I am well; you can be glad."

<gold>: b' It is a not (deeply) incised hand, this which I wrote, very tiny ...'
<predicted>: b" The 'hand' is present. The king, my lord, should know this ..."

<gold>: b' May a later prince restore my inscribed name to its place. (Then) the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur will listen to his prayers.'
<predicted>: b' May a later prince restore it (and) return my inscribed name to its place. (Then) the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur will listen to his prayers.'

<gold>: b' Further, of the team (of mules he says): "Mannu-ki-mat-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur stands (by it)."'
<predicted>: b' and the (membes) of horses and of Mannu-ki-mat-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' (As for) Edurgina, the dwelling of the god B\xc4\x93l-\xe1\xb9\xa3arbi that is inside of Ba\xe1\xb9\xa3, he took its'
<predicted>: b' At that time, (with regard to) Sippar, the temple of the god S\xc3\xaen:'

<gold>: b' If the moon in Shebat (XI) on the 14th or 15th day is not seen together with the sun: a massive flood will come and will make the harvest small.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon in Shebat (XI) is not seen with the sun on the 14th or on the 15th day: the flood will come.'

<gold>: b" the middle surface of the 'finger' is split. The upper part is elevated. The middle part is 'bound.' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the sheep is normal"
<predicted>: b" The middle surface of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the sheep is normal in number. The heart of the sheep is normal"

<gold>: b" The people of the Mannean king will turn against him and become the king's servants."
<predicted>: b' (As for) the people of the king of the land Mannea, who had now returned to his servant.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled'

<gold>: b' Are you not a lion? You ... issue the commands for war; do not fear ... !'
<predicted>: b' you did not know, you did not ... , you did not ... , do not ... , ...'

<gold>: b' On the 23rd I will set out and put in place the barley of Cutha.'
<predicted>: b' On the 23rd day, I set out the barley of Cutha.'

<gold>: b' As to the bull colossi of Adia about which the king, my lord, wrote me, the'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the bull colossus of Adia about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me'

<gold>: b' Belonging to Yab\xc3\xa2, queen of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' Property of Yab\xc3\xa2, queen of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the god M\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1aru (and) the goddess \xc5\xa0arrat-'
<predicted>: b' I am attentive to all the gods and goddesses, I:'

<gold>: b' ... Sargon, great king, strong king, king ... foundations ... the gods ...'
<predicted>: b' ... Sargon (II), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, ...'

<gold>: b' or act with evil intent against him? Does your great divinity know it?'
<predicted>: b' Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it?'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 Mars stands in Scorpius; this is its interpretation:'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 Mars stands in Scorpius.'

<gold>: b' (official) did not leave me; (I swear) the beams are on the river bank'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The river on the river.'

<gold>: b' blue turquoise, green turquoise,'
<predicted>: b' lapis lazuli, carnelian, lapis lazuli, (and) lapis lazuli,'

<gold>: b' 4 talents, 30 minas ... for the cella of DN of Nineveh; Hunn\xc3\xae and ...'
<predicted>: b' 4 talents, 30 minas ... , which are in ... , adjoining the town of ... ,'

<gold>: b' Heroic male, beloved of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, descendant of kingship, I \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' A valiant man, beloved of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, descendant of kingship, I \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' If the day of disappearance of the moon reaches its normal length: the days of the ruler will be long.'
<predicted>: b' If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days.'

<gold>: b" The base of the middle part is 'bound.' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. Check-up"
<predicted>: b" The base of the middle part is 'loose.' The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. Check-up"

<gold>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary'

<gold>: b' Ea sets off (in procession). You carry a portable censer (loaded) with juniper fragrance before him ... (and) sing, \xe2\x80\x9c... \xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' He sets out a censer and a torch in the presence of ... , (while) you will sing: "... \xe2\x80\x9d'

<gold>: b' Kurigalzu, the son of our former commandant, is a man who reveres god and king.'
<predicted>: b' Gurguri, son of the commandant of the chief cupbearer.'

<gold>: b' , 22nd day, eponym year of Bala\xe1\xb9\xadu, the prefect of \xc5\xa0ibaniba (786 B.C.).'
<predicted>: b' , 22nd day, eponym year of Balassu, governor of \xc5\xa0aba.'

<gold>: b' He shall pay 3 minas of pure gold, and shall return the money threefold to its owners.'
<predicted>: b' He shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that a clean or unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep'

<gold>: b' I have given 25 sheep to Merodach-baladan (and) brought him out on the 7th day.'
<predicted>: b" 25 sheep (and) to Marduk-aplu-\xc5\xa1umi's) in the days of the 7th day."

<gold>: b' The ... hauled big ... s and made them stand ... the embankment below the House of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' x large ... s together with the ... s of the temple of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' ... firmly established ... (my) ... seed'
<predicted>: b' (and whether) they will make him in good place ... and ...'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'

<gold>: b' If Venus descends darkly to the horizon and sets: there will be a fall of Elam.'
<predicted>: b' If the Wold star is dark: there will be a fall of Elam.'

<gold>: b' The forts of the king, my lord, are very well. The king, my lord, can be glad.'
<predicted>: b' The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well. The king, my lord, can be glad.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered to) your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'

<gold>: b' As to the oxen entrusted in my charge about which the king, my lord, gave me orders'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the oxen about which the king, my lord, gave me orders,'

<gold>: b' Month Nisan (I), 23rd day, eponym year of Mari-larim (668). In the Succession Palace.'
<predicted>: b' Month Nisan (I), 23rd day, eponym year of Mar-larim, in the Succession Palace.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-taqqin. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-taqqin. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' I am herewith sending the informer to the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, question him.'
<predicted>: b' I have sent (word) to the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, ask him.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-dur-paniia. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-dur-paniya. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 It is seen on the 15th day with the sun. Afterwards, in Tishri (VII), the moon will complete the day.'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 On the 15th day it was seen with the sun on the 15th day.'

<gold>: b' If the moon wears a crown of a dark day: the moon god will smite the enemy. A dark day means a cloudy day.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon wears a crown wears a crown day: the moon of the land will prosper.'

<gold>: b' a total of 5 hectares and 2 decares of land, a house, a threshing floor, an orchard, and 1/6 of a well in the village of Kiluhte \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' In all 5 hectares 5 decares of field, a threshing floor, a well, a threshing floor and a well in the village of the village of the village of the village.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'

<gold>: b" have come to me with their stored grain, claiming that Se'-rah\xc3\xae,"
<predicted>: b' he has taken away from stored grain, saying: "Let Se\'-ram it!"'

<gold>: b' May \xc5\xa0arrat-Ekron make a worm fall from your insides.'
<predicted>: b' May the gods Anu and Anu, let them get ... !'

<gold>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days and (against) fraud forever.'
<predicted>: b' (Guaranteed against) seizures of epilepsy for 100 days (and against) fraud forever.'

<gold>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Bel-ibni or Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-'
<predicted>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, whether Bel-ibni, whether Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-'

<gold>: b' The regular offering was performed before A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. The House of God was provided for'
<predicted>: b' a female lamb in the presence of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. He holds the House of God.'

<gold>: b' As to the goldsmith about whom the king said: "Who is he?"'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the goldsmith of the goldsmith about which the king said: "Who is taking?" \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' Kumesaean merchants have reviewed (their stock and) together'
<predicted>: b' The merchant has gone to me from Kumme.'

<gold>: b' Now then I am sending my messenger ...'
<predicted>: b' Now then I am sending him to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'

<gold>: b' 5 minas of silver, 3 togas, 2 tunics: the Palace Superintendent;'
<predicted>: b' 5 minas of silver, 3 togas, 2 tunics: the palace supervisor;'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'

<gold>: b' Is the'
<predicted>: b' Assurbanipal, the crown prince of the Succession Palace,'

<gold>: b' 2 cuts of shoulder of an ox of the temple of Dagan, of the chief treasurer;'
<predicted>: b' 2 cuts of shoulder from the ox, of the temple of the treasurer.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'

<gold>: b' , pious prince, capable governor, beloved of the god Nab\xc3\xbb and the goddess Ta\xc5\xa1m\xc4\x93tu'
<predicted>: b' The pious prince, the one who provides in front of the god Nab\xc3\xbb and the goddess Ta\xc5\xa1m\xc4\x93tu,'

<gold>: b" Witness NN, 'third man.' Witness A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-bani, chief scribe ..."
<predicted>: b" Witness NN, 'third man.' Witness A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-bani, chief scribe."

<gold>: b' ... is ... the god Lahmu ... cult centre ...'
<predicted>: b' ... he is ... , the temple of the temple, is the ... of the city, ... ,'

<gold>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-eriba, deputy team commander.'
<predicted>: b' Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-eriba, deputy team-commander.'

<gold>: b' I settled there'
<predicted>: b' I carried off a property of his to the property of his land.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'

<gold>: b' 3 minas of silver, 3 togas, 3 tunics: the Sartinnu;'
<predicted>: b' 3 minas of silver, 3 togas, 3 tunics: the Sartinnu;'

<gold>: b' (Only) when city and temple (already) existed, did he come into being. It is the water which was over A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' As soon as they are destroyed, (and) with the water which A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "A caravan of 1,000 has come up;'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Let them come."'

<gold>: b' ) Whoever places (it) in the service of a god (or another) person (or) erases my inscribed name, may the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur,'
<predicted>: b' Whoever erases (it) in the service of a god (or another) person, may (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the gods,'

<gold>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean'

<gold>: b' I.e., it is surrounded by a large halo. It stood there for much of the night and did not dissolve.'
<predicted>: b' The small halo and whose limbs was surrounded, there is no halo.'

<gold>: b' They do their work (and) will deliver it to the king. The king, my lord, should know (this).'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, should give them to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Risaya, bodyguard of ... , has contracted and bought them for x minas of silver.'
<predicted>: b' Rusa, royal bodyguard, has contracted and bought them for x minas of silver.'

<gold>: b' Apropos of the cornfields of Hunaba about which the king, my lord, spoke, ...'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, told me: "Let us come to the king, my lord."'

<gold>: b' If a snake keeps scaring (people) in a temple: angry gods will return to the country.'
<predicted>: b' If a snake is seen in a temple: the gods of the temple will come to the land.'

<gold>: b' The forts of the king, my lord, are well; (everything) is fine from the forts of'
<predicted>: b' The forts and the forts of the king, my lord, are well.'

<gold>: b' Ayy\xc4\x81ru (II), the sixth day, the thirt<<unk>> year of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' Ayy\xc4\x81ru (II), the sixth day, eponymy of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' : 50 carrying-sticks of pomegranates, 1 sheep for the kimru (offering) before'
<predicted>: b' s, 50 ditto of pomegranates, 1 sheep, together with small sheep.'

<gold>: b' Should all the horses that I buy'
<predicted>: b' (As to) the horses and the horses, (and) let me do (my) enemies.'

<gold>: b' This ... I am standing and keep watch for the king my lord.'
<predicted>: b' ... I shall stand in my guard the guard of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0umu-ukin, cohort commander of the household of the queen.'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0uma-ukin, cohort commander of the queen;'

<gold>: b' , obliterates its text or alters its inscription,'
<predicted>: b' , and (then) restore its original cones,'

<gold>: b' They wash the feet. A torch of sweet reed, a bowl of sweet oil.'
<predicted>: b" The 'path' is thick. The 'path' is thick. There is favourable."

<gold>: b" Seal of Nergal-ila'i, governor of Lahiru,"
<predicted>: b" seal of Nergal-ila'i, governor of Lahiru."

<gold>: b' May Illil, lord of the throne, overthrow your throne.'
<predicted>: b' May Illil, lord of the throne, let your throne last throne!'

<gold>: b' I did not see ... Now ... many rituals ...'
<predicted>: b' ... Now, I am able to ... my work ...'

<gold>: b' and Nab\xc3\xbb-ahu-iddina, intelligence officers.'
<predicted>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-ahu-iddina, Egyptian officer;'

<gold>: b' Written according to the original and collated.'
<predicted>: b' Written according to the original and collated.'

<gold>: b' No one has spoken about this to the king. They indeed came here with Bel.'
<predicted>: b' No one has come to me from the presence of Bel with me.'

<gold>: b' To the treasurer, my lord: your servant Ahi-nuri. Good health to the treasurer, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Ahi-nuri. Good health to my lord!'

<gold>: b' I killed (and) cut down (with the sword). The land Media, Mannea,'
<predicted>: b' , (and) the land Mannea, the Mannean, the Mannean, (and) the land'

<gold>: b' Now, may I hear the well-being of the king, my lord, and may my heart become happy.'
<predicted>: b' Now, let the king, my lord, be happy and be happy.'

<gold>: b' If Mars becomes visible in Elul (VI): the harvest of the land will prosper; the land will become happy.'
<predicted>: b' If in Elul (VI) Mars in Elul: the harvest of the land will prosper; the land will become happy.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the ... about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, ... went but has not sent his report ...'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me'

<gold>: b' , Dibar, Telitu; Belet-ili, the Mouth-and-Tongue;'
<predicted>: b' Ditto, Dadtu, Belet-ili, the Fates-of-Truth:'

<gold>: b' Month Shebat (XI), 2nd day, eponym year of Gabbaru, governor of Dur-Sin-ahhe-riba.'
<predicted>: b' Month Shebat (XI), 2nd day, eponym year of Gabbaru, governor of Dur-ahhe.'

<gold>: b' As to these men ... about whom you wrote: "Now ... "'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the men of ... , about whom you wrote: "Now ...'

<gold>: b' One of the cohort commanders ... should inquire (and) report to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord, ask me.'

<gold>: b' To Nab\xc3\xbb-duri-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, my lord: your servant Rimutte. Good health to my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To Nab\xc3\xbb-duru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur. Good health to my lord! Good health to my lord!'

<gold>: b' Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that a clean or unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep'

<gold>: b' ... saying, "Why has ... sold the ... of my lord\'s household for money ... ?"'
<predicted>: b' ... he said: "You are ... of my lord\'s household ...'

<gold>: b' shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'
<predicted>: b' He shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b' , strive and plan?'
<predicted>: b' , and will he strive with them?'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'

<gold>: b' If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lions and wolves.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant'

<gold>: b' 122 horses trained to the yoke from the commander-in-chief;'
<predicted>: b' x hundred horses trained to the yoke in all the commander-in-chief;'

<gold>: b' As for the Suhaean, right now he is performing his work'
<predicted>: b' As to the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu'

<gold>: b' Munnabitu, son of Bel-mu\xc5\xa1allim, son of Ukkayu.'
<predicted>: b' Mununati, the son of Bel-mu\xc5\xa1ezib, son of Iaaya,'

<gold>: b' Let the king, my lord, ask the kall\xc4\x81pu messenger'
<predicted>: b' the kall\xc4\x81pu messenger'

<gold>: b' The prince NN is doing very, very well; the fever has left him.'
<predicted>: b' The very best of health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' made bow down to his feet, overwhelmed his enemies,'
<predicted>: b' I made him (the gods) with him to his feet, (and) made him (then)'

<gold>: b' ... the chief eunuch has bought for x minas of silver by the mina of the king.'
<predicted>: b' NN, chief eunuch, has contracted and bought them for x minas of silver by the mina of the king.'

<gold>: b' One shall give back the sheep and the heifer in Adar (XII). If not, the sheep will give birth.'
<predicted>: b' He shall give the sheep back in Adar (XII). If he does not pay, the sheep shall eat 50 sheep.'

<gold>: b' , (and) Nergal make his name (and) his seed disappear. Booty of the city Dumetu.'
<predicted>: b' , (and) Nergal make his name (and) his seed disappear.'

<gold>: b' Palace of Ashurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of the world and king of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Ashurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the substitute king about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "How many days should he sit (on the throne)?" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the substitute king about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "The days'

<gold>: b' in Nisan (I) at the beginning of the year the Sun-god pronounced long days (of life) of the king my lord.'
<predicted>: b' In the month of Nisan (I) at the beginning of the king, my lord, he told me to the sun.'

<gold>: b' Iyyar (II), 1st day, eponym year of Atar-il, governor of Lahiru.'
<predicted>: b' Month Iyyar (II), 1st day, eponym year of Atar-ilu, governor of Lahiru.'

<gold>: b" Fingernail of Se'-dal\xc3\xa2, fingernail of Sin-na'id, his brother, owners of the land being sold."
<predicted>: b" Fingernail of Se-dal\xc3\xa2, fingernail of Sin-na'id, owner of the field being sold."

<gold>: b' When you are to pour out a libation bowl, you say: \xe2\x80\x9cBel, accept life!\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' When you are to pour out a libation bowl, you say: \xe2\x80\x9cBel, accept life!\xe2\x80\x9d'

<gold>: b' ... -bala\xe1\xb9\xadi has taken. He has declared: "I transported the seed for wheat and ... "'
<predicted>: b' ... persons, (and) ... \xc5\xa1a were of barley from them, saying: "... with them.'

<gold>: b' of my fathers, kept telling me: "The king\'s attention is upon me, petition him!"'
<predicted>: b' The father of the king, my lord, will say: "Where is the king\'s ears."'

<gold>: b' Month Adar (XII), 1st day, eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-ahhe-iddina, chief treasurer.'
<predicted>: b' Month Adar (XII), 1st day, eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-ahhe-iddina, chief treasurer.'

<gold>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0er-uari, c<<unk>>-master.'
<predicted>: b' Witness \xc5\xa0er-u\xc5\xa1ezib, rab commander.'

<gold>: b' If Jupiter becomes visible in Ab (V): the land will experience joy.'
<predicted>: b' If Jupiter becomes visible in Ab (V): the land will prosper.'

<gold>: b' If they do not release the man, the harem manageress shall ... her silver.'
<predicted>: b' If he does not pay, the man shall give x minas of silver.'

<gold>: b' If Adad thunders on the day of disappearance of the moon: the irrigated field'
<predicted>: b' If Adad thunders on the day of disappearance of the moon: there will be famine.'

<gold>: b' If Jupiter becomes visible in Tishri (VII): enemy kings will receive peace.'
<predicted>: b" If Jupiter becomes visible in Tishri (VII): the king's land will become stable."

<gold>: b' Mu\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93zib-Ninurta dedicated (this) to the god Samnu\xe1\xb8\xaba, for his life.'
<predicted>: b' To the god Sambanu, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, dedicated (this) for his life.'

<gold>: b' 1 sisalhu ox \xe2\x80\x94 Bayate-ili, the governor of Amidi.'
<predicted>: b' 1 sisalhu ox, ditto of Bati-il, governor of Adia.'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'

<gold>: b' All the king\xe2\x80\x99s sons carry the jewellery on (themselves).'
<predicted>: b' The sons of the crown prince has been making on it.'

<gold>: b' Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-le\xc5\xa1ir shall pay (the silver) to Kakkullanu.'
<predicted>: b' The silver shall increase by Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-le\xc5\xa1ir to Kakkullanu.'

<gold>: b' A list of Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-le\xc5\xa1ir to the palace manager.'
<predicted>: b' the major-domo of the palace.'

<gold>: b' They conquer my towns and seize my subjects who have gone to'
<predicted>: b' The towns of my servants who had fled to me, my servants,'

<gold>: b' have told me: \'You can rely on us.\'"'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "'

<gold>: b' Tablet of the treaty established with Baal of Tyre in'
<predicted>: b' A tablet of Barilu-ilu, of the Tyre of Tyre.'

<gold>: b' Let them decide about the orders and write us.'
<predicted>: b' Let me give me whatever ... what they should write to the king, our lord?'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'

<gold>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether'
<predicted>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-duri. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep'

<gold>: b" If between the 'cap' of the lung and the 'lift of the head' of the lung a piece of flesh is ... : the sun in its rising."
<predicted>: b" In the 'lift of the head' of the lung and the 'lift of the head' of the lung."

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xe1\xb9\xacab-\xc5\xa1ar-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xe1\xb9\xacab-\xc5\xa1ar-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ila'i. Good health to the king, my lord!"
<predicted>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ila'i."

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Atanha-\xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1ip\xc3\xa2. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' ... in Sivan (III) on the 15th day let him libate ... at sunrise, let him pray ...'
<predicted>: b' ... in Sivan (III) on the 15th day in Sivan (III) on the 15th day ...'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xc5\xa0arru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xc5\xa0arru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-remanni. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-remanni. Good health to the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' Let them set to work and do a good job on the first day (of Shebat).'
<predicted>: b' Let them perform them on the 1st day; let them perform them. Let them perform it.'

<gold>: b" 1 ditto, 1 gardener \xe2\x80\x94 Mu\xc5\xa1allim-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, a 'third man' from Nineveh."
<predicted>: b" 1 ditto, 1 gardener; \xc5\xa0ulmu-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, 'third man' of Nineveh;"

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'
<predicted>: b' \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you!'

<gold>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'
<predicted>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer'

<gold>: b' Nabonidus, king of Babylon, the one nominated by the gods Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk, heir of Nab\xc3\xbb-bal\xc4\x81ssu-iqbi, wise prince, am I.'
<predicted>: b' Nabonidus, king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida.'

<gold>: b' On the 32nd day of the month of Iyyar, Edu-\xc5\xa1allim shall bring Apladad-killanni, son of Riza, shall give him to Gabbu-(ina)-qat-ili.'
<predicted>: b' On the 22nd of Iyyar (II), Edu-\xc5\xa1allim, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-\xc5\xa1allim,'

<gold>: b' Will they kill what there is to kill, seize what there is to seize, plunder what there is to plunder, loot what there is to loot?'
<predicted>: b' (and whether) they will kill what there is to kill, loot what there is to loot, and loot what there is to loot.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Balas\xc3\xae. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Balas\xc3\xae. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' 1 garden ... ; 1 garden (with) 2 ... ; 1 garden ... ; a total of 3 gardens including a spring, a house, and a gardener \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' 1 vineyard; x vegetable garden, 1 vineyard, 1 vegetable garden, 1 vegetable garden, 1 house of the house of the house;'

<gold>: b' On the 8th of Nisan (I), whether in Nineveh, or in Calah, or in an enemy country'
<predicted>: b' In the month of Nisan (I), whether in the city of Nineveh, or in a country in the city of Calah,'

<gold>: b' Isinnayu has contracted, acquired and purchased from Kiribtu-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur for 50 shekels of copper by the mina of ...'
<predicted>: b" Ina-ila'i has contracted and bought him from Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur for 50 minas of copper."

<gold>: b' king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Sennacherib, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria,'

<gold>: b' The upper and lower wall of the Step Gate he built for his life and the well-being of his city. (I deposited my clay cone).'
<predicted>: b' As for the wall of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, for my life and the well-being of his city, the well-being of his city, the well-being of his city, for his life and the well-being of his city.'

<gold>: b' On the day when A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur comes out of the house of Dagan, he is seated at the Eastern Gate'
<predicted>: b' The ritual of the ritual is performed with A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the house of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the house of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and the house of the sun.'

<gold>: b' Palace of Ashurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of the world and king of Assyria: property of the temple of the god Ninurta.'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Ashurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of the world and king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the matter that the king, my lord, gave me orders about, saying, "Send me any news about the Arabs that you hear" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, gave me: "Send me the news of the Arabs!"'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' Will he live and get well? Will he ... , be saved and escape? Will the illness of his body be released? Will it leave (him)? Does your great divinity know it?'
<predicted>: b' I built (and) completed the city ... , the place of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the great lord of the gods, the creation of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord? Does your great divinity know it?'

<gold>: b' The king entered the house of Adad. The god was seated on his seat. \xc5\xa0erua, Kippat-mati, Ta\xc5\xa1metu, the Axe and Mandanu went with the God to the house of Adad'
<predicted>: b' The king went straight to the house of Adad in the house of Adad and \xc5\xa0erua: Kippat-mati.'

<gold>: b" If at the moon's appearance its right horn becomes long, and its left horn short: the king will conquer a land not his own. \xe2\x80\x94 The moon will complete the 30th day."
<predicted>: b" If at the moon's appearance its right horn is long, its left horn short: the king will conquer his land not his own."

<gold>: b' 54 (items): silver-plated kappu-bowls, <together with> their lids, cups (decorated with) cone-shaped ornaments (and) crescent-shaped ornaments, (and) silver torcs;'
<predicted>: b' 5 (items): silver kappu-bowls, kakkutru-dishes, (and) nablu-bowls, (and) giblu-vessels, (and) silver, silver, (and) gold;'

<gold>: b' ... previously built ... A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-i\xc5\xa1i rebuilt it entirely ... cedar beams ...'
<predicted>: b' ... in the presence of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-i\xc5\xa1i (I), king of Assyria, son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-i\xc5\xa1i (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, ...'

<gold>: b' All this is of providing for the House of God of Nineveh. You invoke their names in the morning and in the evening.'
<predicted>: b' All this is of providing for the House of God of Nineveh. You invoke their names in the morning.'

<gold>: b" Six homers (c. 1,200 'litres') of refined oil by the copper seah of 10 'litres,' belonging to \xc5\xa0umma-ilani, at his disposal."
<predicted>: b' of the town of Carchemish, 6 homers of oil, 2 litres of chick-ilani, at his disposal.'

<gold>: b' Ribate has contracted, purchased, and bought the field from these men for 4 shekels of silver.'
<predicted>: b' Ribayu has contracted and bought them for 4 shekels of silver from these men.'

<gold>: b' ... the heart rejoiced, his mind ... He did not let a bad mood enter his heart.'
<predicted>: b' ... he will become angry and his heart will become happy. (... ) Adad-ibni, his son, ... will become his heart ...'

<gold>: b' , came to me at the mouth of the pass of Tasi; I sent mine to him to Penz\xc3\xa2.'
<predicted>: b' By the pass of the city Tasi, came to me, saying: "He will be placed in the town of Pen" \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' , and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Urdu-Issar and his sons and his nephews'
<predicted>: b' and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Urdu-Issar and his sons,'

<gold>: b' Mars carried radiance. The red planet (means) plenty for the people; the red planet (means): plagues will be raging.'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 Mars came close to Jupiter and a red- red wool.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-pa\xc5\xa1ir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-pa\xc5\xa1ir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' (Then) ... his enemy ... will not exist. This is the experience and (... ) the god Apla-Adad, my lord, and the gods (... )'
<predicted>: b' ... , his enemy, ... from the land of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, ...'

<gold>: b' son of Iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a-Marduk, ditto (governor of the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu and the land of Mari), descendant of Adad-n\xc4\x81din-z\xc4\x93ri, governor of the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu and the land of Mari,'
<predicted>: b' son of Iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a-Marduk, ditto (governor of the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu and the land of Mari, son of Adad-apla-iddina, governor of the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu and the land of Mari,'

<gold>: b' : I would gladly die for the king of the lands, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king of the lands, my lord! Esaggil and Babylon, the temples of the king of the lands, my lord, are well.'
<predicted>: b' To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant, NN. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king of the lands, my lord.'

<gold>: b' about whom/which the king my lord wrote to me, Zar\xc3\xae has just left for the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, ask him.'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, I am herewith sending him to the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should question him.'

<gold>: b' Nabonidus, king of Babylon, the reliable young man, who is attentive towards the will of the gods, the humble (and) submissive one who reveres the great gods, the wise prince who understands everything there is, the exalted ruler who renovates all cult centres, the capable ruler who completes sanctuaries (and) makes sattukku-offerings abundant'
<predicted>: b' They (the gods) spoke to what day, the day of the month Tishri (VII) and the 4th day.'

<gold>: b' His illness will depart \xe2\x80\x94 he will be just fine. True, they should wait and eat (only) what is appropriate.'
<predicted>: b' , the one who has gathered, the one who gives good ... , the one who has gathered, the one who has gathered, the one who gives you \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' on it (the Tablet of Destinies): He grasps in his hand the lead-rope of the great heavens, the bond of the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab and Anunnak\xc5\xab gods.'
<predicted>: b' (With regard to) the outer wall of the great gods, the one who carries out to the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab and Anunnak\xc5\xab gods, (and) the one who reveres the great gods,'

<gold>: b' Kudurru is proficient in extispicy and has read En\xc5\xabma Anu Enlil; he is useful to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' Kudurru (and) Kudurru (and) wrote to the king, my lord. The king, my lord, can be glad.'

<gold>: b' May the king, my lord, decide and write, and give orders to whoever man is to bring and throw it.'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord, write to me, saying: "Let them write me the following order to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' When the ... of the king, our lord, ... , ... sent the hostages along with horses ... , he consolidated the country through the king.'
<predicted>: b" When the king, our lord, wrote to me, I am herewith sending horses to the king, my lord, in the king's permission."

<gold>: b' Tablet of Bullu\xe1\xb9\xadu to the vizier, his lord. May Uruk and Eanna bless my lord!'
<predicted>: b' Tablet of Bullu\xe1\xb9\xadu to the vizier, his lord. May Uruk and Eanna bless my lord.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' The 5th of Nisan (I), the 5th of Iyyar (II), the 16th of Elul (VI), the 1st of Tishri (VII), the 15th of Marchesvan (VIII).'
<predicted>: b' The 5th of Nisan (I), the 5th of Iyyar (II), the 16th of Elul (VI), the 16th of Tishri (VII), the 16th of Marchesvan (VIII).'

<gold>: b' (As for) Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1uma-\xc4\x93re\xc5\xa1, the \xc5\xa1andabakku (governor of Nippur) who did not honor (my) treaty, he suffered from dropsy, (that is) \xe2\x80\x9cfull water.\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1uma-\xc4\x93re\xc5\xa1, the \xc5\xa1andabakku (governor of Nippur) who did not honor (my) treaty, he suffered from dropsy, (that is) \xe2\x80\x9cfull water.\xe2\x80\x9d'

<gold>: b' They say: \xe2\x80\x9cWhat is, \xe2\x80\x98She was girt, she is ungirt\xe2\x80\x99?\xe2\x80\x9d He says: \xe2\x80\x9cHer gods have been revered; bless (sg. f.) the king and his seed!\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' Why says: "What is you doing to the king, my lord? The gods will rule to the king, his lord?'

<gold>: b' If Jupiter passes to the west: quiet dwelling and complete well-being will come down on the land.'
<predicted>: b' If Jupiter passes to the sun: the land will get peaceful dwelling; there will be prosperity in the land.'

<gold>: b' We have to send for herds in ... , as in the time of my grandfather; they come, (and) where do they rest?'
<predicted>: b" , (and) with my father, those of my father's house, they will come to my father."

<gold>: b' On the 29th of Marchesvan (VIII) we observed the sun: the sun set; it let the eclipse pass by.'
<predicted>: b' The watch of the sun (and) the sun were eclipsed; we did not guard the sun. The sun was eclipsed.'

<gold>: b' Bless A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-etelli-ilani, the giver of this (ceremonial) feeding, O A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur!'
<predicted>: b' The man who gave this letter to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-kabti-ilani to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-kabti-ilani.'

<gold>: b' As to the news of the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadians, the spies I sent to reconnoiter have informed me as follows:'
<predicted>: b' As to the news of the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadians, I sent (word) and they wrote as follows:'

<gold>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably'
<predicted>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably.'

<gold>: b' Dandusi, his daughter, and La-qepu, his son, a total of 3 persons, servants of \xc5\xa0umma-iba\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1i-kettu \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Dadasi, his daughter, La-qepu, his son, a total of 3 persons, servants of \xc5\xa0umma-imme \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it?'
<predicted>: b' Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it?'

<gold>: b' May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Bel, Nab\xc3\xbb, and I\xc5\xa1tar, the Lady of Battle and Fight, vanquish your enemies and foes, put your'
<predicted>: b' May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Bel, Bel, Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of the gods, and your gods who go at you!'

<gold>: b' As to the town where they are encamped, Ir\xc5\xa1umu is in their hands; they are soon to leave for the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' As to the cities of the town of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, they go to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Through their good deeds, may the god Marduk, the great god, my lord, ... the foundation of their royal throne ...'
<predicted>: b' May the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, the king, my lord, and ... their kingship ...'

<gold>: b' Finally, Sakkukutu who goes round the city is his wailing woman. She circumambulates the city.'
<predicted>: b' Moreover, I have said that from the city of the city, in the town of the city,'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. The field, house, and building plot are sold. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That field, house, and vacant lot are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b' As to those women about whom I ... wrote to you, did you see ... ?'
<predicted>: b' Concerning this women about whom I wrote to the women, I have now given ... to ...'

<gold>: b' (One other note): Nab\xc3\xbb-epu\xc5\xa1, who committed the robberies, is a lamentation priest. He is not to ascend the dais.'
<predicted>: b' Concerning Nab\xc3\xbb-epu\xc5\xa1-epu\xc5\xa1, a tracker of the lamentation, did not come to him.'

<gold>: b" How many have they become now? They have been taught (a lesson), but (still) they don't keep their hands off the temple."
<predicted>: b' , and they have heard that they have brought to the Palace, but they will go to the Palace.'

<gold>: b" Rahim\xc3\xa2, goatherd; Na\xc5\xa1uh-sama'ani, (his) son, adolescent; 1 woman; 1 daughter of 3 spans' height: a total of 4 people."
<predicted>: b" Rahim\xc3\xa2, shepherd; Na\xc5\xa1uh-saghu, 1 woman; 1 daughter, of 4 spans' height; 1 woman; a total of 4 people."

<gold>: b' If on the 13th day the moon and sun are seen together: unreliable speech; the ways of the land will not be straight; there will be steps of the enemy; the enemy will plunder in the land.'
<predicted>: b' If on the 13th day the moon and sun are seen together: unreliable speech; the land will not prosper; the enemy will attack in the land.'

<gold>: b' If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely: there will be truth in the land; the son will speak the truth with his father. \xe2\x80\x94 On the 14th day one god is seen with the other.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn meets the other: there will be truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father. \xe2\x80\x94 On the 14th day one god is seen with the other.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant, Dad\xc3\xae. Good health to the king, my lord. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant, Dad\xc3\xae. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' I have sent four tablets concerning the palace superintendent to the king, my lord; I do not know if the king has heard them.'
<predicted>: b' I have sent four tablet to the king, my lord. If the king, my lord, will know (this).'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb (and) Marduk bless the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I provided irrigation for 500 seeded fields in the high fields of Nineveh with (that) water (and thereby) I made grain and cereals grow high and luxuriantly on'
<predicted>: b' At that time, (with regard to) Sippar, 1,000 (and) 5, (leaves) of the land (and) I made (them) an object of wonder.'

<gold>: b' An estate of 20 hectares of land, an irrigated field, a vegetable garden belonging to Zar\xc3\xae son of Nab\xc3\xbb-dammiq, his wife, 1 daughter'
<predicted>: b' An estate of 20 hectares of land, a vegetable garden of Zar\xc3\xae, adjoining Nab\xc3\xbb-damiq, his wife, and his wife;'

<gold>: b' The 19th day, which they call the Silence, is when he vanquished Anu and the Pleiades, the sons of Enme\xc5\xa1arra.'
<predicted>: b' The 19th day, which they call the censer of Anu, the son of Bel, the Judges of Enlil,'

<gold>: b' Fear not! You are paralysed, but in the midst of woe I will rise and sit down (beside you).'
<predicted>: b" Before you, don't be afraid of your heart, but my heart will not go out of it."

<gold>: b" An estate of 6 decares of field adjoining Mannu-ki-Adad, adjoining the side road of Bel-le'i."
<predicted>: b" an estate of 4 decares of field adjoining Mannu-ki-Adad, adjoining the side of Bel-le'i;"

<gold>: b' Good departed and evil was constant.'
<predicted>: b' (With regard to) the prayer of the god Nab\xc3\xbb, the supreme lady who reveres the ... , the wise one, who is assiduous towards the shrines of the god S\xc3\xaen, the great lord, the god who created me, the one who resides in Esagil, the father who reveres the great gods, the one who resides in Ebabbar,'

<gold>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb'a. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!"
<predicted>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb'a, Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!"

<gold>: b' ... , forgiveness and ... are in my hands. I spoke to you with my divine word and you acted.'
<predicted>: b' ... he said to me as follows: "You said to me in the command of the gods, you said: "You will do you!'

<gold>: b' If Mercury disappears in the west: when it appears, it will rain; when it disappears, it will rain.'
<predicted>: b' If a planet becomes visible in the east: the gods will have mercy on the right.'

<gold>: b' My scouts have come out from the Interior and reported to me as follows: "... "'
<predicted>: b' The scouts came out from the house, they told me as follows:'

<gold>: b' A tablet of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-... to the commandant, his father: Good health to my father!'
<predicted>: b' Tablet of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-... to the chief eunuch, his father. Good health to my father!'

<gold>: b' , the maid of P\xc3\xae-itarru, the servant of Marduk-\xc5\xa1allimanni from Dur-\xc5\xa1a-Balihaya'
<predicted>: b' The maid of Bab-aduru, servant of Marduk-\xc5\xa1allimanni, of Dur-Baladan.'

<gold>: b' ... which they bring ... question ...'
<predicted>: b' ... did not let them go to me, but let them do ... and bring them to ...'

<gold>: b' I added ... fifty camels, (and) one thousand bags of aromatics to the tribute of his father and imposed (it) on him.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the people of the land, I added (it) to the province of his father, (and) has imposed (it) upon him.'

<gold>: b' , holds a torch in his hand, strikes with a whip and recites the incantation "Verily You are Evil.'
<predicted>: b" At that time, in the hands of the 'hand' in the city of the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should know (this)."

<gold>: b' will the magnates and governors, (with) the army of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, conquer that city and will they, as long as they are in the district of Karka\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1\xc3\xae, march about wherever they wish?'
<predicted>: b' Will the magnates, governors, (and) the cities of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, conquer'

<gold>: b' Ubr\xc3\xae, the Aramean scribe, gave 20 sheep and 50 shekels of silver, accounts.'
<predicted>: b' 20 minas of silver, 50 shekels of silver, Ubru-ili, scribe (of the temple) of the month Nisan (I).'

<gold>: b' came to my presence and communicated us the order which the king, my lord, gave him about'
<predicted>: b' As to the news about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, they told me as follows:'

<gold>: b' I conquered, plundered, ... the city Birat-Adad-r\xc4\x93manni, of/which ... the Manneans.'
<predicted>: b' I surrounded, conquered, (and) burnt (and) the cities of Adad-remanni, king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b" Month Tebet (X), 28th day, eponym year of Bel-na'id, governor of Commagene."
<predicted>: b" Month Tebet (X), 28th day, eponym year of Bel-na'id, governor of Kumme."

<gold>: b' Capture his men in equal number to your men, until he releases them."'
<predicted>: b' , saying: "The men of his soldiers should give me the men."'

<gold>: b' Whatever reed there is in our country, the royal bodyguard is ... ing over it.'
<predicted>: b" We will bring them to the king's bodyguard. We shall bring them to the review."

<gold>: b' And now I am keeping the watch of the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' I am now writing to the king, my lord. The guard of the king, my lord, are well.'

<gold>: b' of which I spoke to the king, my lord, and I will plant the saplings according to it.'
<predicted>: b' As to what I said to the king, my lord, and let me bring it to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Palace of Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of Assyria:'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' As to the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadians about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "Wh<<unk>> is the news about them?" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "What is the news of them?" \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' As to Kubaba-satar about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "Speak nicely with him!" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Concerning Kubabu-satar about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Speak kindly with him" \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' The man-woman raises the weapons and shouts, opposite I\xc5\xa1tar: \xe2\x80\x9cEbirna,<<unk>>irna!\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b" The 'weapon-mark of the 'king' of I\xc5\xa1tar. He sprinked on the table, (while) he sings, \xe2\x80\x9c"

<gold>: b" Month Iyyar (II), 12th day, eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-ahhe-ere\xc5\xa1, governor of Sam'al."
<predicted>: b' Month Iyyar (II), 12th day, eponym year of Nab\xc3\xbb-ahhe-ere\xc5\xa1, governor of the land.'

<gold>: b" If at the moon's appearance its right horn becomes long, and its left horn short: the king will conquer a land not his own."
<predicted>: b" If at the moon's appearance its right horn is long, its left horn short: the king will conquer a land not his own."

<gold>: b" If ditto, and the Pleiades stand in it: women will give birth to male children; the king's land will defect from him, reduction of grain"
<predicted>: b' If ditto, and the Pleiades stand in it: women will give birth to male children; the king of the land will stand in his land.'

<gold>: b' Puzur-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I), vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'
<predicted>: b' Puzur-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I) (who was) also vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'

<gold>: b' Venus became visible in the west in the path of the Enlil stars. This is its interpretation:'
<predicted>: b' Venus became visible in the path of the sun in the path of the Enlil. This is its interpretation:'

<gold>: b' NN, gardener, and his people; Ahi-imm\xc3\xaa, gardener, and his people'
<predicted>: b' NN, gardener, and his people; Ahu-immi, gardener, and his people;'

<gold>: b" When there was an epidemic here, Ilu-bi'di a cohort commander of the"
<predicted>: b" When they are to you, Ilu-bi'di, the cohort commander."

<gold>: b' a total of 98 Kushite horses trained to the yoke have come in today.'
<predicted>: b' 98 horses in all \xe2\x80\x94 have come in today.'

<gold>: b' a total of 164 Kushite horses, 35 cavalry mounts, and 6 mules \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' a total of 176 horses and 33 cavalry mounts \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' before him. I had them joyfully enter into Babylon, their home city.'
<predicted>: b' I settled him in Babylon, the city of their rank, the city of their rank.'

<gold>: b' of the god S\xc3\xaen, ... , (son of) Nab\xc3\xbb-bal\xc4\x81ssu-iqbi, wise prince.'
<predicted>: b' Nabonidus, king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines of the god Marduk'

<gold>: b' Nergal-eresh,'
<predicted>: b' Shamshi-ilu,'

<gold>: b' Your servant Na\xe1\xb9\xa3ib-il: I would gladly die for my lord! Say to the king, my lord:'
<predicted>: b' Your servant Na\xe1\xb9\xa3ib-il: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord:'

<gold>: b' ... tu, DN, Belat-\xe1\xb9\xa3eri, ... , ... , DN, Tammuz, \xc5\xa0arrat-nipha, ... :'
<predicted>: b' ... , ... , Belat-\xe1\xb9\xa3eri, ... , DN, Belet-ili, DN, \xc5\xa0arrat-mati, DN, ... ,'

<gold>: b' Gabb\xc3\xaa, tailor, his wife, mother, and two sons, a total of 5 persons, servants of Bel-aplu-iddina \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Gabb\xc3\xaa, tailor, his wife, his mother, a total of 5 persons, servants of Bel-aplu-iddina \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' I placed at their service ramku-priests, pa\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1u-priests, ecstatics... those who have mastered (their) entire craft.'
<predicted>: b' The (very) wool-bread of the heavens, which are in the midst of the palace; ...'

<gold>: b' You attach a bread-tray before ... and place an eating-bowl upon it, (while) he sings, \xe2\x80\x9cEa, lord of wisdom.\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' You prepare ... , (while) he sings, \xe2\x80\x9cThe desert is put anoffering on it. You set up a ritual-cake and sing, \xe2\x80\x9cMay and sing, \xe2\x80\x9cThe Seven Gods.\xe2\x80\x9d'

<gold>: b" Nusku-ila'i, formerly of the cooks, gardener; 1 son of 4 spans' height; 1 woman: a total of 3."
<predicted>: b" Nusku-ila'i, gardener; 1 son, of 4 spans' height; 1 women: a total of 3 people."

<gold>: b' comes to the king, my lord, the king, my lord, should write to his servant" \xe2\x80\x94 why has the king, my lord, not written to me?"'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, has mercy on his presence. Let the king, my lord, write to his servant.'

<gold>: b' Now then the whole city of Kummu has turned against Ariye; they'
<predicted>: b' Now then I am sending him to Aruri\xc3\xaa.'

<gold>: b' continue blessing the kings, our lords, every day before Marduk (and) Zarpanitu.'
<predicted>: b' The day in front of Marduk, the great lord, blessed the king, our lord, will blessed the king, our lord.'

<gold>: b" If Mati'-ilu sins against this treaty of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-nerari, king of Assyria, and looks"
<predicted>: b" If Mati'-ilu sins against this treaty of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-nerari, king of Assyria."

<gold>: b' Month Nisan (I), 28th day, eponym year of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, governor of Arzuhina.'
<predicted>: b' Month Nisan (I), 28th day, eponym year of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, governor of Arzuhina.'

<gold>: b' Dugul-pan-ili and Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur are both copying Urra.'
<predicted>: b' belonging to Du-kenu-il-ili, cohort-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, has contracted and bought them for them.'

<gold>: b' Mercury became visible in the west with the Pleiades. It will keep getting higher'
<predicted>: b' Mercury became visible in the east in the Old of Marduk.'

<gold>: b' I have been informed as follows: "Habsi and Marduk-remanni are in Arbela."'
<predicted>: b' I have heard that they have brought as follows to Marduk-remanni, at the town of Arbela.'

<gold>: b' ... the Nergal Gate, which is opposite ... justice, who opens its gate.'
<predicted>: b' ... to ... , the gate of the god Nergal, who ... , ...'

<gold>: b' At that time the temple of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, mistress of Nineveh, my mistress, which \xc5\xa0am\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab-Adad (I),'
<predicted>: b' At that time, the temple of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, mistress of Nineveh, my mistress, which \xc5\xa0am\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab-Adad (I),'

<gold>: b' The priest takes the whip of the other one and raises it thrice before the God. The sarr\xc4\x81nus raise their hands.'
<predicted>: b' The \xe2\x80\x98left\xe2\x80\x99 of the \xe2\x80\x98wrist\xe2\x80\x99 (and) it is the responsibility of the priest.'

<gold>: b' \xc5\xa0am\xc5\xa1\xc4\xab-Adad, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Ila-kabkabu, builder of the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x9cThe prince, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Ila-kabkab, the temple of the god Anu.'

<gold>: b' This silver, about which I am writing to the king, my lord, is from revenues, and has been neither refined nor cleaned.'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, I am not able to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' The southern gate is the Knelt-are-the-Igigi Gate. Its entrance gate is the Gate of the Yield of the Lands.'
<predicted>: b' The gate of the Firmament is the Gate of the Firmament, its entrance gate is the Entrance-of-the-Igigi Gate.'

<gold>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep"
<predicted>: b" Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep"

<gold>: b' ; the god S\xc3\xaen, bright (celestial) light, the one who gives scepter (and) crown (to the king), the one who establishes lordship; the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven (and) earth, the one who heaps up abundance (and) plenty,'
<predicted>: b' the god Ea, lord of wisdom, the one who decrees everything \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: in all lands they will speak the truth, and the son will speak the truth with his father.'
<predicted>: b' If the sun stands in the halo of the moon: in all lands (people) will speak the truth; the son will speak the truth with his father.'

<gold>: b' They call him \xe1\xb9\xa2al\xc3\xa2-il, he is the one of them who has been trying to persuade them, saying: "'
<predicted>: b' He is going to \xe1\xb9\xa2illaya and his heart. He is his heart.'

<gold>: b' Salamu, farmer; 20 hectares of arable land, 10 hectares under cultivation therein; 1 ox; 1 house; 1 threshing-floor; 1 garden.'
<predicted>: b' Salamanu, farmer; 20 hectares of arable land; 20 hectares of arable land; 1 house; 1 threshing-floor; 1 garden; 1 threshing-floor; 1 vegetable garden.'

<gold>: b' The palace of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab, king of the universe, son of Arik-d\xc4\xabn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab, (who was) also king of Assyria:'
<predicted>: b' The palace of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab, king of the universe, son of Arik-d\xc4\xabn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' To the gods of destinies (and) the goddesses, who dwell in E\xe1\xb8\xabursaggalkurkurra, their great temple, may it be extremely good!'
<predicted>: b' ... the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, mistress of E\xe1\xb8\xabursagkurkurra and strife, who dwells in E\xe1\xb8\xabursaggalkurkurra, their great temple, may it be extremely good!'

<gold>: b' The king should indeed pay attention to this matter. Why, up to now, the king has not given ... ? ...'
<predicted>: b' The king should give them this matter to him, and he should he give them to ... there.'

<gold>: b' Total: 11 men, who ran away with NN, the commander-of-fifty, and came to me.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 115 men who went with the commander-of-fifty.'

<gold>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether these gentlemen or their sons'
<predicted>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether these men or their sons,'

<gold>: b' Once again I destroyed (and) devastated his cities, (and) turned (them) into ruins. I poured out awe-inspiring brilliance upon his ally, the king of the land Elam.'
<predicted>: b' Once again I destroyed (and) devastated his cities, (and) turned (them) into ruins. I poured out awe-inspiring brilliance upon his ally, the king of the land Elam.'

<gold>: b' Sin came out and entered the akitu chapel. The sacrifices of the king my lord having been performed successfully,'
<predicted>: b' On the 17th day, at the time of the king, my lord, went in the Akitu House. The king, my lord, will know (this).'

<gold>: b' 3 heavy copper basins that can hold fifty measures of water in them, together with their heavy copper stands;'
<predicted>: b' ,'

<gold>: b' If a planet affects the stars of the sky: the king will finish all lands. \xe2\x80\x94 Mars becomes bright and affects the stars.'
<predicted>: b' If a planet comes close to Jupiter: the king of the lands will reach the land and Mars.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-nadin-\xc5\xa1umi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-nadin-\xc5\xa1umi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' Once again I destroyed (and) devastated his cities, (and) turned (them) into ruins. I poured out awe-inspiring brilliance upon his ally, the king of the land Elam.'
<predicted>: b' Once again I destroyed (and) devastated his cities, (and) turned (them) into ruins. I poured out awe-inspiring brilliance upon his ally, the king of the land Elam.'

<gold>: b' (the one) over whom (the gods) extended their eternal protection in order to appease their divine heart(s) and set their mind(s) at rest;'
<predicted>: b' I built (and) completed (it) with them, (and) in order to prevent them all of them.'

<gold>: b' Once again I destroyed (and) devastated his cities, (and) turned (them) into ruins. I poured out awe-inspiring brilliance upon his ally, the king of the land Elam.'
<predicted>: b' Once again I destroyed (and) devastated his cities, (and) turned (them) into ruins. I poured out awe-inspiring brilliance upon his ally, the king of the land Elam.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep (is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments), (or) has touched the (libation) beer, the ma\xe1\xb9\xa3hatu flour, the water, the pot and the fire'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) has touched the (libation) beer, the ma\xe1\xb9\xa3hatu-flour, the water,'

<gold>: b' For a distance of seventy leagues, I proudly marched through the extensive land of Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu, from one end to the other (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cfrom above to below\xe2\x80\x9d), (and) I had no opponent (therein).'
<predicted>: b' For a distance of seventy leagues, I proudly marched through the extensive land of Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu, from one end to the other (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cfrom above to below\xe2\x80\x9d), (and) I had no opponent (therein).'

<gold>: b' (As for) Eigikalama, his temple, which a former king had built and had raised up its superstructure, (but) had not surrounded (it) with its (own) outside wall and (thereby) had not strengthened the protection of it \xe2\x80\x94 its site was in ruins (and) its door-jamb(s) were not joined (together). I removed its buckled (piles of) earth. I examined (and) checked its original foundation(s) and (then) I laid its (new) foundation(s) on top of the (original) foundation(s). I built its (outer) wall and (thereby) strengthened its protection. I built (the outer wall) anew and raised up its superstructure.'
<predicted>: b' At that time, I made the ak\xc4\xabtu-house of the god S\xc3\xaen, my lady, (and) the gods B\xc4\x93l (and) S\xc3\xaen, my lords, (and) the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines of the god B\xc4\x93l'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. The people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. Those people are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b" In lieu of the silver due to him, they have suspended the corn and straw taxes. A field of the owner's household"
<predicted>: b" Later on the 15th, his silver, and his silver, the house of his lord's house, the house of his lords"

<gold>: b' Since the moon entered the Pleiades, the north wind is blowing. The morning watch (means) Elam; this is bad for the enemy.'
<predicted>: b' From the moon, (and) the north wind blows: the king of Elam will be shut up.'

<gold>: b' Marduk-shallimanni'
<predicted>: b' Shamash-belu-usur,'

<gold>: b' Sivan (III) would have been a good month and the 17th a good day. (However) now the month is completely gone, (so) when can they do it?'
<predicted>: b' Month Sivan (III), 14th day, eponym year of the king, my lord, had gone, and let me perform it.'

<gold>: b' He dons a clean garment and says: \xe2\x80\x9cO divine judges, O divine judges, may you be satisfied! I have been released from the hand of my god.\xe2\x80\x9d He sighs and ...'
<predicted>: b' The ... of the day came out ... , the divine judges, the ... of the gods, the ... , the ... , the hand, to ... , the gods of the assembly is his divinity.'

<gold>: b' I am hereby sending my tablet to greet the king, my lord. The land, the army and the servants of the king are well. The guard of the king, my lord, is very strong.'
<predicted>: b' I am (hereby) sending my tablet to greet the king, my lord. The land and the guard of the king are well. The guard of the king is well.'

<gold>: b' I conquered the cities ... , Man\xe1\xb9\xadun, Sardurriana (Sardauriana), ... , Mount ... luppi (and) I added (them) to the province of the city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a.'
<predicted>: b' I conquered the city ... , \xe1\xb9\xa2imirra, (and) Saria, ... , (and) I added (them) to the province of the city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' Kakkullanu, cohort commander, contracted and bought for 16 shekels of silver for a number of years.'
<predicted>: b' Kakkullanu, cohort commander, has contracted and bought them for 16 shekels of silver.'

<gold>: b' On the 4th of Nisan (I) he should prostrate himself before Marduk and make his sign known; he will (then) be granted fame and prosperity.'
<predicted>: b' If in Nisan (I) the 4th day in Nisan (I) on the 4th day let him take up his position. The name of his land will be placed upon him.'

<gold>: b' in all 3 sureties of the woman against a fine, stolen property, and debts, He who is present is the surety.'
<predicted>: b' a total of 3 persons, servants of the (ox) women of the ported, they are responsible as a pledge in the presence of the sage.'

<gold>: b" An estate of 3 hectares of cultivated land according to the seah of 10 'litres,' exempt land in the town of Hat\xc3\xa2, adjoining the side road to \xc5\xa0uri"
<predicted>: b" An estate of 3 hectares of land on the seah of 10 'litres' in the city of Haba, and the side road of the city of\xc5\xa1u;"

<gold>: b' Disregard what happens after my stipulated term. Disregard that they (may) think about it, but turn and'
<predicted>: b' Disregard what happens after my stipulated term'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-\xc5\xa1akin-\xc5\xa1umi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-\xc5\xa1akin-\xc5\xa1umi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' The moon will complete the day in Tammuz (IV); on the 14th day, it will be seen with the sun. It will let the eclipse pass by; it will not make it.'
<predicted>: b' The moon will complete the day in Tammuz (IV); on the 14th day it will be seen with the sun; it will not make it.'

<gold>: b' Let me keep vigil and watch for the king, my lord, on my own. The king is the bulwark of the weak one. Let the king, my lord, do as he pleases.'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, should not be able to the king, my lord. The king, my lord, may do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' An estate of 3 hectares of land in the town of ... , adjoining the side road of Tu... , the field of Urda-... , (and) the field of \xc5\xa0ep-... , the ... of the commander-in-chief'
<predicted>: b' an estate of 3 hectares of land in the town of ... , adjoining the field of NN and the land of ... , adjoining the field of \xc5\xa0ep-... , the field of \xc5\xa0ep-... ,'

<gold>: b' I created around it a botanical garden, a replica of Mount Amanus, in which were gathered every kind of fruit-bearing mountain tree.'
<predicted>: b' I planted alongside it (the palace) a botanical garden, a replica of Mount Amanus, which is all of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti.'

<gold>: b' Your servant \xc5\xa0ullumu: I would gladly die for the king of the lands, my lord! May Ura\xc5\xa1 and Ninegal bless the king! Say to the king, my lord:'
<predicted>: b' Your servant \xc5\xa0ullumu: I would gladly die for the king of the lands, my lord! May Ura\xc5\xa1 and Nikkal bless the king.'

<gold>: b' I said in the king my lord\'s presence in Nineveh: "They will not obey, they won\'t give the men." They king, my lord, told me: "Bring (them)! I want to give two or three of their towns to Bel-duri, and shall give you (others) instead." I said: "I\'ll go and speak with them; if they don\'t obey, I\'ll write to the king, my lord."'
<predicted>: b' In the presence of the king, my lord, they said to me: "Nobody did he not obey him, but did not give them to me.'

<gold>: b' one (for) the image of the palace, one (for) DN, one (for) Ki\xc5\xa1itu, one (for) Samu, one (for) DN, one (for) Belat-\xe1\xb9\xa3eri, two for the lions of the palace, one (for) the Upper Lamassu, one (for) the Lower Lamassu;'
<predicted>: b' 1 statue of the Palace, one ... , one (for) theamu, one (for) the Lady of Akkad, one (for) the Lady of the Palace;'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, should write to Saniye, the city lord, that he should arrest these Kummeans and send them to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord, write to Sas\xc3\xae, I am herewith sending him to the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, send me to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether from this day, the ... th day of the month ... of this year, to the 21st day of the month ... ,'
<predicted>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether from this day, the ... th day of this month ... , to the 21st day of ... ,'

<gold>: b' the chief cupbearer, the rab mugi, Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1agim'
<predicted>: b" Witness Nab\xc3\xbb-le'i, rab commander."

<gold>: b' NN, farmer, and his people; Ah\xc3\xa2, farmer, and his people; Ayabbu, farmer, and his people;'
<predicted>: b' NN, farmer, and his people; Ahayu, farmer, and his people; \xe1\xb9\xa2abu, farmer, and his people;'

<gold>: b' Let the king ask the Babylonians and the Borsippeans, for they know everything about (these) sinister things.'
<predicted>: b' The Babylonians and the people of Babylon are devoted to them.'

<gold>: b' If the rising of the Fox star is ... dark, its star keeps turning like ...'
<predicted>: b' If the Favend reaches reaches its course: its ... will ... the his land ...'

<gold>: b' May they make your flesh and the flesh of your brothers, your women and your sons as black as bitumen, pitch and naphtha.'
<predicted>: b' May your flesh and the flesh of your brothers, your sons, your sons and your daughters be seized with you.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-patinu. Good health to the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-patinu. Good health to the king, my lord! May ... , the ... ,'

<gold>: b' ... is in the custody of the commander of outriders whom I sent to the king, my lord. I shall send him ...'
<predicted>: b' As to the commander-of-fifty of the king, my lord, I wrote to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' The king has sent a letter to me, saying: "They must come." So send them quickly!'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "Let them write to the king, and let them send me quickly quickly.'

<gold>: b' From this day on I shall listen to everything that you say and do, and shall give you what you request.'
<predicted>: b' From this day I will hear the day of this day, and what you do.'

<gold>: b' If the king, my lord, so commands, I will swear to them in the name of god. Later on the king, my lord, may do as he deems best.'
<predicted>: b' If the king, my lord, commands, I will bring them to the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' 1 ox, 10 Persian sheep, 10 staffs of murr\xc4\x81nu tree, 1 leather strap \xe2\x80\x94 the palace herald;'
<predicted>: b" 1 ox, 10 (cuts of) land, 10 Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1ad\xc3\xbb'a, palace; the palace herald;"

<gold>: b' your dynastic house! I'
<predicted>: b' , saying: "You are a servant of yours, saying: "You are the house of your father\'s house.'

<gold>: b' If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king will make his throne last long.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king will make his throne last long.'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. That field, house, and orchard are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That land, house, garden, and garden are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Sivan (III) on the 30th day: the Ahlam\xc3\xbb will devour the wealth of the Westland; according to another tablet: dispersal of all lands.'
<predicted>: b' If the moon becomes visible in Sivan (III) on the 30th day: the Ahlam\xc3\xbb will devour the wealth of the Westland.'

<gold>: b' an estate of 3 hectares of land adjoining (the fields of) Nuh\xc5\xa1aya, Zabinu and Bel-(lu)-bala\xe1\xb9\xad, the side road to the village of Ziz\xc3\xae and Potter Town;'
<predicted>: b' an estate of 3 hectares of land adjoining (the fields of) Zabinu and Bel-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad, adjoining the side of Ziz\xc3\xae, and the side of Ziz\xc3\xae \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' (PN1 and PN2) uttered grievous blasphemies against (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the god who created me. I tore out their tongue(s and) flayed them.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, the (very) image of a great divinity, (and) the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great gods, called them to me.'

<gold>: b' Gabbiia-ana-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, governor of the land of Inner City (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur), (and) Adad-a\xe1\xb8\xaba-iddina, city overseer \xe2\x80\x94 officials (in charge) of the facing (of the quay wall).'
<predicted>: b' Ashur-belu-usur, governor of the land of (the city) Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur) of the city of (the city) Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur) which I had built.'

<gold>: b' Seal of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-b\xc4\x93la-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, eunuch of Palil-\xc4\x93ri\xc5\xa1, governor of the land Ra\xe1\xb9\xa3appa.'
<predicted>: b' Seal of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-r\xc4\x93\xc5\xa1a-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, governor of the land Ra\xe1\xb9\xa3appa, governor of the land Ra\xe1\xb9\xa3appa.'

<gold>: b' Seal of Sukki-Aya, son of Parnu-uari, Kummuhean merchant, owner of the people being sold.'
<predicted>: b' Seal of Sukki-Aya, son of Parunu, merchant, owner of the people being sold.'

<gold>: b' When the cupbearer came, he said: "You shall call up the men, so I can do the work ... in ... !"'
<predicted>: b' When the king, my lord, said: "You are ... , the king\'s men ... , and let him do the work.'

<gold>: b' He shall bring in the month Elul (VI) and give (them) to the official of Nusku-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur in Arpadda.'
<predicted>: b' In Elul (VI) in the month of Arpad, in the town of Arpad, after Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur.'

<gold>: b' I have taken the released Medes who are in my presence (and) 30 horses. The remaining people are with me.'
<predicted>: b' The words of the people who came before me, saying: the rest of the people are in my presence.'

<gold>: b' The king, your father, said to Rimutu ... : "The governor ... died according to his fate ... "'
<predicted>: b' The king said to Rimutu, the commandant of the commandant, saying: "What is the governor ...'

<gold>: b' an estate of 3 decares of field adjoining the field of Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb, adjoining the wadi (of) Kusu,'
<predicted>: b' an estate of 8 decares of field adjoining the field of Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb, adjoining the wadi of Ubru-Nab\xc3\xbb,'

<gold>: b' We shall send the former man to Sippar as the king, my lord, wrote to me. The king, my lord, should know this.'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, I am herewith sending him to Sin. The king, my lord, should know this.'

<gold>: b' The 21st day he pulled out the eyes of the Illils and put them up for'
<predicted>: b' May Bel and Enlil are on the area of Bel- Nippur. He brought the ground (and) brought (them) out to them.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good health to the king, my lord! May Adad and Buru bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good health to the king, my lord! May Adad and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b" Seal of Nab\xc3\xbb'a of Til-hawar, owner of the house, field, threshing-floor, tabriu and well in the courtyard being sold."
<predicted>: b" Seal of Nab\xc3\xbb'a'a, owner of the field, house, threshing floor, and a well in a wastelry."

<gold>: b' (Ditto, ditto;) may they cause locusts, ... , lice, caterpillars and other field pests devour your towns, your land and your district.'
<predicted>: b' Ditto, ditto; may they (= all the gods) make your city and your district; your cities, your sons and your daughters.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' Palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria: Booty of the city Duma. Whoever erases my inscribed name (or) places (it) in the service of a god (or another) person, may the deities'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. Whoever erases my inscribed name (or) places (it) in the service of a god (or another) person, may the deities'

<gold>: b' The deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk) and Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, (and) I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, the great gods, my lords, decreed curses, as many as were written in their treaties, accordingly upon them.'
<predicted>: b' The deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, the great gods, my lords'

<gold>: b' son of Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'
<predicted>: b' son of Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil and vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'

<gold>: b' I spoke reverently to the Enlil of the gods, the god Marduk: \xe2\x80\x9c(As for) that temple whose (re)building you have commanded, a barbarian horde (the Medes) are all around it with its powerful forces.\xe2\x80\x9d The god Marduk spoke with me, (saying): \xe2\x80\x9c(As for) the barbarian horde (the Medes) that you spoke of, it, its land, and the kings who march at its side will not exist.\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' When the god Marduk, the lord of the gods, the god Marduk, had commanded me, ... the god(s) ...'

<gold>: b" his family, his father's line, or junior members of the royal line, or the 'third men,' chariot drivers (and) chariot fighters,"
<predicted>: b' , his family, his family, the chariot-men, the chariot-men, the chariot-driver, the chariot-driver, the chariot-men, the chariot-men, the chariot, the chariot-men, the chariot,'

<gold>: b' The Akitu House where he goes is the house at the edge of (the place of) the ordeal; they question him there.'
<predicted>: b' The king goes to me, he goes and goes to the Akitu House, and the house of goes to account of the enemy.'

<gold>: b' th day of Iyyar (II) of the coming year the statue of the great lord Marduk should be loaded on a boat in the Inner City and go to Babylon,'
<predicted>: b' th day of the month Iyyar (II) of the coming year, in the city of Marduk, the great lord, in the city of the Inner City, in the city of Inner City, for Babylon.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen fear and terror at night, or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen fear and terror at night, or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth'

<gold>: b' Now, Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur claims: "I do not extract (labour duty) in the environs of Arzuhina or in Dur-Taliti. It is the towns I mentioned to the king that extract it."'
<predicted>: b' Now Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur will say to the king, saying: "The people is not in Dur-Tisiti to the city of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a, the prelate, speaks<<unk>>ively about you in my presence. Any time he stands in my presence, and ...'
<predicted>: b' Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a, the prelate, is speaking to me. My words are fixed; they will stay in my presence.'

<gold>: b' Now the messengers of the son of Zeriya, who came here to gather news of the king, my lord, have against Kissik'
<predicted>: b' Now, the messengers of the son of Zer\xc3\xae, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, I am herewith sending them to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Now the men of the house of the governor have appointed officials over the Inner City. They are exacting corn taxes (and) collecting straw taxes.'
<predicted>: b' Now the prefect of the governor, and the delegates of the Inner City has been brought in Inner City, the corn taxes of the Inner City.'

<gold>: b' about insurrection and rebellion against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and Assurbanipal, the crown prince of the Succession Palace.'
<predicted>: b' against the rebellion against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and Assurbanipal, the crown prince of the Succession Palace,'

<gold>: b' Like a skilled pilot I will steer the ship into a good port. The future shall be like the past; I will go around you and protect you.'
<predicted>: b' As soon as the boat is low, he can be the pot of the boat. As for you, let me keep watch, I shall keep the watch of your guard.'

<gold>: b' In the time of your royal father (Nab\xc3\xbb)-zer-kitti-li\xc5\xa1ir laid claim to kingship and ... You are able, wise and circumspect. May the king do as he sees best.'
<predicted>: b' The king, your father, son of Zer-kitti-li\xc5\xa1ir, a servant of a king, a servant of a king and a cas man, a servant of the king. As for it, let the king do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' I am waiting for the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, do as he finds best. I am (but) a dead dog. The king, my lord, had mercy on me and revived me.'
<predicted>: b' I am waiting for the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, give me a dog, let the king, my lord, do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' For the god Enlil, king of the gods, sovereign of heaven (and) netherworld, prince (who decides) the fates, his lord: Ashurbanipal, his obedient shepherd, mighty king, king of the world, skillfully (re)built with baked bricks'
<predicted>: b' For the god Enlil, lord of the lands, his lord: Ashurbanipal, his obedient shepherd, king of the four quarters (of the world), (re)built Ekur, his beloved temple.'

<gold>: b' Concerning Mu\xc5\xa1ezib-Marduk, the very day he entered into my presence, I sent him to his mission.'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the king, my lord: your servant Mu\xc5\xa1ezib-Marduk. I am going to you, saying: "I have sent him to him.'

<gold>: b' Every day, from the unlocking of the door socket until the closing of the gate, I bless the king, my lord, with raised hands before Bel and Beltiya.'
<predicted>: b' The day before yesterday, he will set out before Bel and Belet-gimilli before the king, my lord, and to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' as the strong flood came, we lifted it up ... in ... a bramble was seen ... Now, if it pleases the king, my lord ...'
<predicted>: b' When he had been ill, we went, he went up to ... , saying: "If the king, my lord, let the king, my lord, said: "If it is, let the king, my lord, say: "If it is ... to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Son of Sennacherib, king of the world (and) king of Assyria, descendant of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad;'

<gold>: b' 11 (items): a silver kappu-bowl belonging to Urs\xc3\xa2 (Rus\xc3\xa2), together with its lid, kappu-bowls from the land Tabal with lug-handles of gold, hauberks with silver (scales), (and) silver arrows with gold inlays;'
<predicted>: b' 11 (items): silver kappu-bowls, a man of the land Tabal, together with his (thezana\xe2\x80\x99s) entirety (and) silver, silver, (and) silver of the land Tabal.'

<gold>: b' When the god Nann\xc4\x81ru desired an \xc4\x93ntu-priestess, the son of the prince (the god Marduk) revealed his sign to the world (and) the god Namra-\xe1\xb9\xa2\xc4\xabt made his firm decision manifest.'
<predicted>: b' I am Nabonidus, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Babylon, king of the four quarters (of the world), the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida.'

<gold>: b' I decorated them with silver (and) copper knobbed nails. I adorned the arches, friezes, and all of their copings with baked bricks (glazed in the color of) obsidian (and) lapis lazuli.'
<predicted>: b' I decorated their (the palace rooms\xe2\x80\x99) lower courses with slabs of breccia (and) alabaster, and (then) I made (them) an object of wonder.'

<gold>: b' The water is strong there; the people will become ill. As soon as they will be settled with their water in Immiu, I will bring them with (their) rations into Ka\xc5\xa1puna.'
<predicted>: b' They took water from the mighty mountains, and released them in the town of Im\xc3\xbb, they will bring them into the city of Mapanu.'

<gold>: b' Whoever disputes these fields and orchards with Sin, my lord, ... be he a later king, a governor, a prefect, a ... , or by force ... ;'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord, whether a vegetable garden, or the king, my lord, or a governor, or a ... or a governor, or a ... or in the future,'

<gold>: b' I completely conquered the entire land of the Lullumu, the lands Salua, Qumm\xc4\x93nu, Katmu\xe1\xb8\xabu, and Alzu.'
<predicted>: b' I conquered the lands Lalui (and) Lallu-imme, governor of the land Katmu\xe1\xb8\xabu, the entire land of the Lullumu, the lands Alzu and the land Katmu\xe1\xb8\xabu.'

<gold>: b' May Belet-ili, the lady of creation, cut off birth from your land; may your nurses be deprived of the cries of little children in the streets and squares.'
<predicted>: b' May Belet-ili, lord of the lands, not listen to your land. May he not stand in the land. Let me not stand in the land.'

<gold>: b' the town Maruru has said: "I shall go to the fortress of Yakin." Earlier the town wall of the fortress of Yakin was 300 cubits times 200 cubits (in a rectangle).'
<predicted>: b' The city Maruru said to the outer city of Dur-Yakin and gone to the outer wall of Dur-Yakin and three cubits in front of the wall.'

<gold>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, whether Dannu-Nergal or his sons or his grandsons,'
<predicted>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether Dannaya or his sons or his grandsons,'

<gold>: b' The king comes (back) and provides cooked meat. He provides (it) before the gods of heaven. He burns a female kid and opens the vat. He performs his libations and appears (to the public).'
<predicted>: b' The king goes, provides cooked meat and provides for the gods. He burns a female kid, burns the vat. He sends the vat and makes the libations.'

<gold>: b' The son of Abu-ila\'i, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Do justice to him!" \xe2\x80\x94 his adversary went to the ordeal but turned back from the ordeal.'
<predicted>: b" When Abi-ila'i about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, he has gone to his with him. He has gone with him with him."

<gold>: b' They have bound the ... of the men who defected to me, and they refuse to eat bread in my presence, saying: "Why ... NN and ... -palu\'a-ik\xc5\xa1ud ... ?'
<predicted>: b' (As to) what the men who had fled to me, saying: "Why did they not give them to you?" \xe2\x80\x94 NN, my lord ...'

<gold>: b' Now then I have entrusted him in the hands of my messenger. He will bring him to the Palace. They will leave on the 27th of Shebat (XI).'
<predicted>: b' Now then I am sending him to the king, my lord, with his messenger to the palace.'

<gold>: b' As to what I said to the king, my lord: "Ever since the king, my lord, sent me to Hubu\xc5\xa1kia, they have ... ed me in ... and ...'
<predicted>: b' As to what I said to the king, my lord: "The king, my lord, told me, when I came to the king, my lord, and ...'

<gold>: b' And as for me, my life is indeed entrusted to the king, my lord! He (= \xe1\xb9\xa2illaya) is going to destroy and kill us all by oppression. Besides having taken my property'
<predicted>: b' I will make my life to the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should know (this). At the time of my lord, I will make my enemies (and) my property to the property of my lord.'

<gold>: b' The Tebilti River, a tempestuous flood (of water) which had flowed from distant days by the side of the palace (and) had shaken its base when its flood was in full spate:'
<predicted>: b' The Tebilti River, a tempestuous flood (of water) which had flowed from distant days by the side of the palace (and) had shaken its base:'

<gold>: b' If he has paid them as a gift to Ezida, let me hear about it as soon as possible; let me know that he handles it in accordance to the command of my lord.'
<predicted>: b' As soon as they have been brought into Ezida, so that they can serve to me, and let me hear (it).'

<gold>: b' Isn\'t it so that \xe2\x80\x93 19,000 (hectares of) arable land in the province of Urzuhina - about which the king, my lord, said: "It is a reserve. Keep it (as it is) until I take it into use."'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, said: "Give the province of the king, my lord, saying: "He is the grand interpretation to him" \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' If ditto Mars stands in it: fall of cattle in all lands; the plantation of dates and sesame will not prosper, variant: the Westland will diminish.'
<predicted>: b' If ditto, Mars stands in it: loss of cattle in all lands; the date plantation will not prosper; variant: the Westland will diminish.'

<gold>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'
<predicted>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'

<gold>: b' Now then, they have been writing to him, saying, "Lead us away! Raise your eyes and lead us away! Why ...'
<predicted>: b' Now then I have sent him to him. I have sent him and said: "You will ... for your own and ... !'

<gold>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'
<predicted>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'

<gold>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'
<predicted>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'

<gold>: b' Your servant Amel-Nab\xc3\xbb: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord:'
<predicted>: b' Your servant Amel-Nab\xc3\xbb: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord:'

<gold>: b' ... I did not take ... my ... I set out and ... in the neighborhood of the city of the Brook of Egypt, a place that has no river(s) ... water drawn by bucket ... where thirst (and) hunger ...'
<predicted>: b' ... I took ... to the city of the city ... , to the city Nag\xc4\xabtu, which is on the shore of the Bitter Sea, I did not change a (single) person ...'

<gold>: b' 6 in all have come in from Arrapha today. I shall array the horses early in the morning. What is it that the king, my lord, commands?'
<predicted>: b' a total of 6 hectares of Arrapha have come in today, and the horses in the morning. What is it that the king, my lord, commands?'

<gold>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex, your servant, have jumbled the oracle query in my mouth, (or) changed or altered the proceedings'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, have jumbled the oracle query in my mouth, or changed (or) altered the proceedings'

<gold>: b' had come out well; they brought along all the food they had. The deportees and the pack animals are eating stored grain'
<predicted>: b' They have (now) brought the grain (and) food upon them. The best-in-chief has been brought in their presence. The pack animals of stored grain shall eat the barley.'

<gold>: b' He shall bring four harbakannu horses to the feet of Nergal. He shall place x minas of silver to the lap of ... , and shall return the money tenfold to its owners.'
<predicted>: b' He shall tie four white horses to the feet of Ninurta, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b' The new rites which Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, performed from the 16th of Shebat (XI) until the 10th of Adar (XII), eponym year of Bel-Harran-\xc5\xa1ad\xc3\xbb\xe2\x80\x99a (650).'
<predicted>: b' Month the 6th of Shebat (XI), on the 10th of Shebat (XI), the 10th day of Adar (XII), the 10th day of the month of Adar (XII).'

<gold>: b' This king, whose offence exceeded those of his (fore)fathers (and) whose grievous crime was greater than (theirs), plotted evil against the land of Akkad (and) fabricated evil reports.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the ... which his fathers, I was worried, ... , ... an evil with them, ... his ... and ... over the land of Akkad.'

<gold>: b' When you are to put combustibles on the censer, you give incense thrice and say: \xe2\x80\x9cA\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur accept, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur listen!\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' You say: \xe2\x80\x9cThe king of the gods, you say: \xe2\x80\x9cMay A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, you love the gods, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, accept and listen to the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, at the beginning of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur!'

<gold>: b' The village of Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1ezib in its entirety including its fields, including its orchards, and including its people in the centre of the city of Ak'
<predicted>: b' , in the village of Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1ezib, along with his gardens, along with his gardens, and his people.'

<gold>: b' Abat-\xc5\xa1arri-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, the Mannean emissary, is coming with them. I asked him: "Is the audience gift with you?"'
<predicted>: b' When Abi-\xc5\xa1arru-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur the emissary of the Mannean (king) has come to me, saying: "Bring them to me, and I will bring them to you."'

<gold>: b' May the king, my lord, send me for oath and testimony with these men; or may the king do as he finds best.'
<predicted>: b' As long as the king, my lord, wrote to me, the king, my lord, should have written to me. The king should do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' on the other side of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu. I stationed (them) on the right and left at my royal entrance.'
<predicted>: b' I made (the people) in the name of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu. I brought (them) up to the sword (lit. \xe2\x80\x9ca 15) of the land\xe2\x80\x9d), that I had in the midst of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, whether these men (or anyone else), seeks a lawsuit and litigation against \xe1\xb9\xa2illi-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, shall pay 10 minas of silver.'
<predicted>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against \xe1\xb9\xa2almu-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, shall pay 10 minas of silver.'

<gold>: b' Because it quaked on the 5th day (and) it happened to quake in the night of the 6th day, therefore I cited "the earth kept quaking" (omen).'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the 5th day and go to the 5th day, and the night entered the 6th day.'

<gold>: b' Tablet of Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, exorcist of the temple of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Nab\xc3\xbb-bessunu, exorcist of the temple of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Baba-\xc5\xa1uma-ibni, the zabardabbu official of E\xc5\xa1arra.'
<predicted>: b' Tablet of Ki\xe1\xb9\xa3ir-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, exorcist of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Nab\xc3\xbb-bessunu, exorcist of the House of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Babu-\xc5\xa1umu-ibni,'

<gold>: b' The evil locust which ravages the grain, the malignant grasshopper which dries up the orchards, which would cut off the regular offerings of god and goddess \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the exalted knowledge that the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the exalted lord, the light of the gods, the exalted one, the light of the gods, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who makes the great gods, the one who makes the great gods, the one who carries out to the god S\xc3\xaen (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar,'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' If the king wishes, let everything be written on one single writing-board. I am afraid to go to Der and Nippur without (explicit orders from) the king.'
<predicted>: b' If it is agreeable to the king, my lord, let the king, my lord, let the governor of the king, my lord, and let me go to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' As time passed, the heart of the great lord, the god Marduk, was soothed and he became reconciled with the land that he had punished. As the seventy years passed,'
<predicted>: b' , as long days, the great lord, the god Marduk, became angry and plotted in the mountain, in that time,'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' interpretations of monthly omens are like this: one is never similar to another, their interpretations go separately.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the taxation of this month, the month of the months, the one who (re)constructed (it) by the work, the one who was in front of them.'

<gold>: b' To the crown prince, my lord: your servant, the foreman of the collegium of ten (scribes) of Arbela. Good health to the crown prince, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk'
<predicted>: b' To the crown prince, my lord: your servant, the foreman of Arbela. Good health to the crown prince, my lord. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the crown prince, my lord.'

<gold>: b' the indefatigable envoy who (succeeds) in reaching high mountains, the shepherd who deliberates (and) sets the people of (his) land on the right path,'
<predicted>: b' Nabonidus, king of the world, king of Assyria, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who performs good deeds, ... the god S\xc3\xaen, the father who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean, (or) has altered or changed the (ritual) proceedings'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean'

<gold>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, (or) anointed himself with anything unclean, (or) has altered, added to, or changed the (ritual) proceedings'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean'

<gold>: b' In> the uplands of Mount Amman\xc4\x81na (northern Anti-Lebanon), they (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and I\xc5\xa1tar) disclosed to me the location of alabaster, which in the time of the kings, my ancestors, was too expensive (even) for the pommel of a sword.'
<predicted>: b' In the uplands of Mount Amman\xc4\x81na (northern Anti-Lebanon), they (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and I\xc5\xa1tar) disclosed to me the location of alabaster, which in the time of the kings, my ancestors.'

<gold>: b' and when our creditors seized us (and) we petitioned the king, our lord, the king, our lord, established our exemption (from taxes).'
<predicted>: b' And the chieftains has seized his chieftains, when the king, our lord, when we went to the king, our lord. The king, our lord, has revived us.'

<gold>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'
<predicted>: b' Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them).'

<gold>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; there will be joy among people.'
<predicted>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; there will be joy among people.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the fields which the governor of Guzana appropriated (and) about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Had the fields previously been purchased?"'
<predicted>: b' As to the fields of the governor of Guzana, about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "The fields of the king, my lord, wrote to me:'

<gold>: b' And the king, my lord, can be glad! Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "What is your land?" The border lies in the Canal of the Delegates'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, can say: "What are the king my lord\'s orders? What is the king my lord\'s orders?'

<gold>: b' I am herewith sending to the king the Tyrians and the ... which you set for them, as well as their wardens ... , Rahi and Ia... May the king ... the ... and the price ...'
<predicted>: b" The \xe2\x80\x98king' who ... whom I have put to the king, my lord, ... , and let me ... to the king, my lord."

<gold>: b' On the 14th day the moon and sun will not be seen together, on the 15th day one god will be seen with the other: the king of Subartu will have no rival. I have heard (that) from the mouth of my father.'
<predicted>: b' \xe2\x80\x94 On the 14th day the moon and sun were seen together: On the 15th day the moon will be seen with the sun. On the 15th day the moon will be seen with the sun.'

<gold>: b' At the time of the dinner, when the king enters the dinner together with the magnates, the table and the couch for the king are placed opposite the doorway.'
<predicted>: b' The day that the king gave the magnates to the magnates, the table and the table are placed in the gate.'

<gold>: b' You prepare 35 litres of regular bread, 15 litres of rip\xc4\xabtu-bread, 15 litres of thick bread,'
<predicted>: b' You place a bowl of wine, a amphora of beer, a kamanu-cake of s\xc4\x93pu-bread, (and) three litres of bread, (and) 15 litres of bread and of the vat.'

<gold>: b' How should we proceed? It is a cohort formed by the king, my lord; if it suits the king, my lord, let them ... like ... ;'
<predicted>: b' As soon as the king, my lord, wrote to the king, my lord, is in the presence of the king, my lord. If it is acceptable to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Finally, there are 5 minas silver brought to Namirtu by \xe1\xb9\xa2ill\xc3\xa2 son of Belaya and'
<predicted>: b" The son of Iraniani, 5 minas of silver belonging to \xe1\xb9\xa2illaya, and the son of Bel-ila'i."

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nadinu. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nadinu. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' Anu, the Great Gods, \xc5\xa0alimtu, \xc5\xa0unipuru, Narudu, Kubu, Ningirsu, Ebeh:'
<predicted>: b' Anu, the great gods, the great gods, the Narudi, the Narudi, the Dragon, the Narudi, the Narudi, the Judges:'

<gold>: b' I sent Saniye, the city lord, and Kaqqadanu to bring (them), and asked them where the men are.'
<predicted>: b' San\xc3\xae, the city lord, has written to Kaqqada, saying: "Go and bring them the men."'

<gold>: b' I will break the thorn, I will pluck the bramble into a tuft of wool, I will turn the wasps into a squash.'
<predicted>: b' I have now ordered it, saying: \xe2\x80\x9cI will give (word) to them; I will give (word) to them. I will (then) write to you."'

<gold>: b' Perhaps the king my lord now says: "Why should the Palace Herald get a bull colossus of Zeru-ibni?"'
<predicted>: b' Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Where are the bull colossi of Zeru-bani to the Palace, and the palace herald.'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. That land, house, threshing floor, orchard, and well are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That field, house, threshing floor and garden are purchased and acquired. Any revocation, lawsuit, or litigation is void.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the guard about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, whom the servants of the king my lord have hired, he will depart tomorrow.'
<predicted>: b' As to the guard about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, I have pulled out the servants of the king, my lord, in the morning.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk very greatly bless the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk very greatly bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' To the king, our lord: your servants Balas\xc3\xae and Nab\xc3\xbb-ahhe-eriba. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, our lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, our lord: your servants Balas\xc3\xae and Nab\xc3\xbb-ahhe-eriba. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, our lord!'

<gold>: b' We watched on the 29th day; the clouds were dense, we did not see the moon. We watched on the 30th day; we saw the moon, (but) it was (already) very high. The (weather) of the 29th day has to do with it.'
<predicted>: b' We kept watch on the 29th day; we did not see the moon; on the 30th day we saw the moon.'

<gold>: b' I pray every day to Nergal and La\xe1\xb9\xa3 for the long life, happiness, and good health of the king of the universe, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' The day and the day of Nergal and La\xe1\xb9\xa3 I pray to the health of the king of the universe, my lord, long health and happiness, the well-being of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I have now sent my messenger to him; as soon as he returns to me, I shall immediately write to the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' I sent my messenger to my messenger to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' \xe1\xb9\xac\xc4\x81b-\xc5\xa1\xc4\x81r-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the chief treasurer sent the chief (enemy) informers to the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' , the clergyers, (and) the \xe1\xb9\xac\xc4\x81right-priest of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, (and) send (them) to the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord.'

<gold>: b' When you are to strew salt before Adad-\xc5\xa0ala in Kurbail, you say: \xe2\x80\x9cAdad-\xc5\xa0ala, accept (sg.) life!\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' When you are to strew salt, you say: \xe2\x80\x9cAdad-\xc5\xa0ala, accept (and) \xc5\xa0ala, accept life!\xe2\x80\x9d'

<gold>: b' May your days be dark and your years dim, may darkness which is not to be brightened be declared as your fate. May your life end in exhaustion and sleeplessness.'
<predicted>: b' May the gods S\xc3\xaen and \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 will listen to your prayers.'

<gold>: b' have delivered ... into your hands, (and) by the command of Bel and Nab\xc3\xbb you have now liberated \xc5\xa0apiya, the ... of the whole land.'
<predicted>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether the man of the gods B\xc4\x93l and Nab\xc3\xbb, ... ,'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Ea. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb, Marduk, Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Ea. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' I am one in a weak condition, who fears you; do not let me come to shame in the assembly! I am one who guards truth; do not destroy the truth which I have guarded!'
<predicted>: b" I am now, (and) I am, (and) I am looking to you; don't be afraid!"

<gold>: b' We control Elizkun (and) the heart of the town and do what we want (there). Guards are entering it, everything has been put under guard, and the guard is very strong.'
<predicted>: b' The city will set up the fort into the town of the city. The king, my lord, can be glad.'

<gold>: b' The mayor and the city overseer have come and said: "This is an order from the king: \'Send me a waterskin from Bet-Kidmuri.\'"'
<predicted>: b' The mayor of the city has come to me, saying: "This is the king\'s work."'

<gold>: b' As to the Arabs about whom the king, my lord, said: "The Hindanean has brought them over to this side (of the river)."'
<predicted>: b' As to the Arabs about whom the king, my lord, told me: "Let them go and bring them to me" \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' , shall tie 2 white horses at the feet of Sin residing in Harran, and shall return the money tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'
<predicted>: b' shall tie two white horses at the feet of Sin residing in Harran, and shall return the money tenfold to its owner. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Does (the omen) \'(If something) passes between the legs of a man\' apply to something that came out from underneath a chariot?" \xe2\x80\x94 it does apply.'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "The day of the king, my lord, I will go to the control of the king, my lord. The king, my lord, wrote to me:'

<gold>: b' As I was walking with him, he says to me: "You are an expert in scribal lore? NN tells me you are an expert in scribal lore."'
<predicted>: b' When the king, my lord, says: "You are ... , the scribe will not ... , saying: "The scribe of the house ... , saying: "He is the scribe."'

<gold>: b' On the 19th day the king came down to the House of God. He performed the sheep offerings before A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and Mullissu. He seated the chanters (and) retired to the side room.'
<predicted>: b' On the 19th day the king went up to the House of God. He performed the sheep offerings before A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and Mullissu. He seated the chanters and retired to the side room.'

<gold>: b' For the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, mistress of the lands, supreme (among) the gods, valiant, the goddess Nineanna (\xe2\x80\x9fLady of Eanna\xe2\x80\x9d), who dwells in Uruk, who has gathered to herself all the divine offices:'
<predicted>: b' For the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, mistress of the lands, (most) valiant of the gods, (most) valiant of the goddess Ningal, exalted lady, the one who reveres the great gods, am I.'

<gold>: b' ... I united them, brought them to Assyria, ... I placed a eunuch of mine (as provincial governor) over them.'
<predicted>: b' ... I brought their ... to Assyria (and) I placed a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them. I placed a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them.'

<gold>: b' Alternatively, we may perform (the ritual) on other days, if (the proposed schedule) is troublesome (or) not executable.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the people who do (word) in my service, let them perform the yoke, (and) let him make the'

<gold>: b' (and) extensive gifts.'
<predicted>: b' I sent (them) with my gifts (and) made (them) bow down (his) eternal dais before him.'

<gold>: b" What else? Don't be negligent. Send them immediately on their way. Don't delay them. Let them come on account of their work."
<predicted>: b' What else should not be negligent, let them appoint them! Let them go to their work, and let them go to their work, the temple steward.'

<gold>: b' A tablet of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, to Tammaritu, king of Elam. I am well; may you be well.'
<predicted>: b' A tablet of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, to Tammaritu, king of Elam, my lord. Good health to you!'

<gold>: b' they went off and came ... Since you had detained them, I sent a messenger to you, but I have not heard an answer to my letter.'
<predicted>: b' ... came ... , they did not ... my messenger (and) did not send me a messenger of my messenger to my letter.'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, did give the horses; ... opened silos ... I speak with them ...'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, knows that the horses of the king, my lord, I went to ...'

<gold>: b' I adjure you by A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and my gods: you are not to send your rab-m\xc5\xabgi officer to me under any circumstances! ...'
<predicted>: b' As to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my god: your gods, if your army will hear, you will send ... , ... !'

<gold>: b' He put at his own disposal his (Mudammiq-Adad\xe2\x80\x99s) villages, fields, houses, orchards, and possessions, as many as there were.'
<predicted>: b' his cities, his fields, and his houses, the booty of his palace, and his (other) place(s).'

<gold>: b' I once committed a deadly sin, but the king, my lord, let me live. And this one \xe2\x80\x94 now, I suggested it to the king, the king my lord has ... ed his soul.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the crime which the king, my lord, has revived me, and I said to the king, my lord, and said to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I had a foundation inscription written in my name and written in the name of Ashurbanipal, the senior son of the king, who (resides in) the House of Succession, my beloved son, and placed (this inscription) in it.'
<predicted>: b' I had a foundation inscription written in my name and written in the name of Ashurbanipal, the senior son of the king, who (resides in) the House of Succession, my beloved son, and placed (this inscription) in it.'

<gold>: b' Adad-apla-iddina, king of Babylon, ... of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, built the (enclosure) wall of the temple Ebabbar (\xe2\x80\x9cShining House\xe2\x80\x9d), the abode of prayer.'
<predicted>: b' Adad-apla-iddina, king of Babylon, son of Adad-bal\xc4\x81ssu-iqbi, viceroy of Ur, who provides for Eridu, son of Nab\xc3\xbb-bal\xc4\x81ssu-iqbi, wise prince.'

<gold>: b' I set out for Assyria to see your success, to tread the mountains with my feet, and to speak about Esarhaddon.'
<predicted>: b' I have heard to Assyria; let me hear the land of your land, I will tell you in the presence of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ahu-iddina.'

<gold>: b' He (responded): "Urzana has left the town ... ; if the palace herald, my lord, orders, a messenger ...'
<predicted>: b' Rzani, the palace herald, ... , the palace herald, ... , the messenger ... ,'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why did you set out early without waiting for the governor of Arrapha?" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why have you not sent an answer to the governor of Arrapha?" \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' Bel-epu\xc5\xa1, farmer, and his people; Kettir\xc3\xa2, farmer, and his people; Adad-eriba, farmer, and his people.'
<predicted>: b' Bel-ipu\xc5\xa1, farmer, and his people; Kati-eriba, farmer, and his people; Adad-eriba, farmer, and his people;'

<gold>: b' Decree: he has entrusted the land \xe1\xb8\xaaind\xc4\x81nu to Palil-\xc4\x93ri\xc5\xa1, governor of the land Ra\xe1\xb9\xa3appa. The ilku is under his authority.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the land \xe1\xb8\xaaind\xc4\x81nu, the city \xe1\xb8\xaaind\xc4\x81nu, and the governor of Ra\xe1\xb9\xa3appa, the governor of Ra\xe1\xb9\xa3appa,'

<gold>: b' Ninuayu, eunuch of the king, has contracted and bought them for x minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish from Arbayu.'
<predicted>: b' Ninuayu, eunuch of the king, has contracted and bought him for x minas of silver by the mina of Carchemish.'

<gold>: b' A Babylonian has come to me, saying: "I have things to say; let them take me to the Palace" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' (As to) the citizens of Babylon, he has gone to me, saying: "Let me be brought!"'

<gold>: b" Ever since the king, my lord, appointed me in my lord's household, I have no authority over anybody in my lord's household."
<predicted>: b" The king, my lord, has appointed me in the house of my lord's household, (but) in the house of my lords's household."

<gold>: b' At that time, I made the enemy people whom I had captured carry baskets (of earth) and they made bricks.'
<predicted>: b' At that time, I made the enemy people whom I had captured carry baskets (of earth) and they made bricks.'

<gold>: b' Assurbanipal is doing very well; \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-\xc5\xa1umu-ukin is doing very well; A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-etel-\xc5\xa1ame-er\xe1\xb9\xa3eti-muballissu is doing very well;'
<predicted>: b' To Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, is well to \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-\xc5\xa1umu-ukin. The very best of health to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' Palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria: (This is) the audience gift that Ab\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal, king of the land Samsimuruna, presented to me.'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria: (This is) the audience gift that Karib-L\xc3\xa2, king of the land Saba, presented to me.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur. Good health to the king, my lord! The city of Der and the fort are well.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur. Good health to the king, my lord! The city of Der and the fort are well.'

<gold>: b' Just as I, when I was to ask directly (the will of) \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and Adad, ... listened to their ... , so you too make the haruspices to ... !'
<predicted>: b' As soon as I gave the news of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and Adad and Adad, my lord, (and) my own haruspex ...'

<gold>: b' Hamnunu, his wife and mother, Add\xc3\xa2 and Il-suri, his brothers, and his two sisters, a total of 7 persons, servants of Urda-Issar \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Haranu, his wife and his mother, Add\xc3\xa2 and his brothers; a total of 7 persons, servants of Urda-Issar \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' and Hambatia \xe2\x80\x94 2 litres of licorice kernels and 2 litres of pistachio ditto. The governor receives these rams and feeds them for constant offerings to \xc5\xa0arrat-nipha.'
<predicted>: b' The city \xe1\xb8\xaaatambatu, the rams, and the governor of the city \xc5\xa0arrat-nipha.'

<gold>: b' -\xc5\xa1arra-ibni. I pray every day to Ura\xc5\xa1 and Belet-ekalli for the lengthening of the life of the king, my lord, by many days, (and for) the consolidation of the foundation of (his) royal throne'
<predicted>: b' The king, the lord of the gods, the god Ura\xc5\xa1, gave long days, long-lasting days, long-lasting days, long-lasting days,'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-li\xc5\xa1ir. Good health to the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord:'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-li\xc5\xa1ir. Good health to the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord:'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xe1\xb9\xacab-\xe1\xb9\xa3ill-E\xc5\xa1arra. Good health to the king, my lord! May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xe1\xb9\xacab-\xe1\xb9\xa3ill-E\xc5\xa1arra. Good health to the king, my lord! May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' they came before me. They inquired about the well-being of my royal majesty, kissed my feet (and) made appeals to my lordly majesty.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) me, the king, my lord, and (then) kissed my feet. They made the might (and) dominion my lordship with kingship, my capital.'

<gold>: b' Having gone and oiled PN, whom La-adiru-ili and his sons knew, La-adiru-ili ...'
<predicted>: b' The ... s of La-Airu ... , the son of La-Airu ... , when La-Airu-ili, ... ,'

<gold>: b' I am neither a sinner nor an evildoer. Do not let me die of hunger in my imprisonment! May the lord of kings allow me to live!'
<predicted>: b' I have no no one who could not exercise fault against those who are not able to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b" Tonight the bronze kettledrum will be placed before Venus. The 'head-washers' are saying:"
<predicted>: b' This night (while) he sings, \xe2\x80\x9cA we will be presented into the presence of Venus. He says: "He is the king\'s orders?'

<gold>: b' Mu\xc5\xa1allim-Issar, village manager, has contracted, purchased, and bought (him) for 2 homers of barley (equalling) 80 minas of copper at its current value.'
<predicted>: b' Mu\xc5\xa1allim-Issar, village manager, has contracted and bought them for 80 minas of copper.'

<gold>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-ra'im-ni\xc5\xa1e\xc5\xa1u. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord."
<predicted>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-ra'im-ni\xc5\xa1e\xc5\xa1u. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!"

<gold>: b' The king enters and prostrates himself in front of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. He places loaves of bread before A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. He swings the purification device over the censer, gives incense twice, and pours out a libation bowl.'
<predicted>: b' The king goes into the presence of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. He places the censer before A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. He swings the purification device over the censer, gives incense thrice.'

<gold>: b' As to the tampons of martakal-seed about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, those which are (intended) to stop nasal hemorrhage are prepared as follows:'
<predicted>: b' As to the saplings of the king, my lord, about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, which the king, my lord, wrote to me,'

<gold>: b' an estate of 1 hectare 5 decares in the neigbourhood of the town of K\xc3\xaa-lam\xc5\xa1i, adjoining the road to Calah, Igl\xc3\xae, and Ilu-ere\xc5\xa1, as far as the wadi of Napihu;'
<predicted>: b' an estate of 1 hectare 5 decares in the town of K\xc3\xaa-lam\xc5\xa1i, adjoining the road to K\xc3\xaa-lam\xc5\xa1i, adjoining the wadi, and adjoining the wadi of Ina-ere\xc5\xa1,'

<gold>: b' a total of 139 Kushite and Mesean (horses) \xe2\x80\x94 160 horses trained to the yoke in all \xe2\x80\x94 have come in today.'
<predicted>: b' In all, 19 Kushite Kushite Kushite (from) Meusa (and) 100 horses in all \xe2\x80\x94 have come in today.'

<gold>: b' The saddle beneath him, (and) the red wool with which he is clothed, are the blows with which he was struck. They are dyed with his blood.'
<predicted>: b' s of the lower legs, which was clad and a red wool, (and) which are clad alive in his (own) positions.'

<gold>: b' All (my) men are in the mountains, felling trees in groves where there are (trunks suitable for) door-beams and roof-beams.'
<predicted>: b" The king's men (and) the beams in the beams, the beams, the beams, the beams, the beams and the roof."

<gold>: b' Let the king, my lord, appoint in his place anyone ... who is acceptable to the king, my lord, among his ... s, brothers, and ... s.'
<predicted>: b' ... his ... s ... in the presence of the king, my lord, saying: "Let the king, my lord, appoint me!'

<gold>: b' NN, farmer, and his people; Kira-ahhe, farmer, and his people; Palhu-u\xc5\xa1ezib, farmer, and his people;'
<predicted>: b' NN, farmer, and his people; Kiqur-ahhe, farmer, and his people;'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xe1\xb9\xacud\xc3\xae. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb (and) Marduk bless the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant \xe1\xb9\xac\xc3\xae. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their cities. The people of the land Muqania saw the dust cloud of my expeditionary force, and the city of Ura,'
<predicted>: b' I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their cities. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their cities.'

<gold>: b' The palace of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-d\xc4\x81n (II) (who was) also king of the universe (and) king of Assyria: stone slab of the city Ka\xe1\xb8\xabat.'
<predicted>: b' The palace of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of the world and king of Assyria: (this) belonging to the facing of the god Ka\xe1\xb8\xabat.'

<gold>: b' When the king, my lord, sent me to the house of the palace herald, the king, my lord, said to me:'
<predicted>: b' When the king, my lord, sent me to the palace herald. The king, my lord, told me.'

<gold>: b' (With regard to) Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who administers correctly all the cult centers (and) confirms the regular offerings,'
<predicted>: b' Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who reveres the past, the one who (re)constructed the temple of the god ditto,'

<gold>: b' I made an image of myself in white limestone (and) wrote thereon praise of the extraordinary power and heroic deeds which I had been accomplishing in the lands Nairi. I erected (it) in the city Tu\xc5\xa1\xe1\xb8\xaba.'
<predicted>: b' I had a image of myself (and) presented (it) with my name. The name of the land (and) I named it (and) placed (it) in the city Tu\xc5\xa1\xe1\xb8\xaba.'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The chief masons and ... men from the city of Nampigi in the Qipanu land have come to me saying: \'The chief ... \''
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "The chief of the (king) of Carchemish has left with the troops in charge of the magnates ... "'

<gold>: b' s and loaves of bread were offered. The royal scribe, Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1allim\xc5\xa1unu, and the city scribe, Zaz\xc3\xa2, stood by and performed the ritual to be performed on the altar.'
<predicted>: b' The scribe of Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1allim\xc5\xa1unu, the scribe of Zabz\xc3\xa2, the scribe of Zabaza, and the scribe of Zzazaya who went to him.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-iddina. Good health to the king, my lord! May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Sin, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord; may they grant the king, my lord, happiness and physical health.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-iddina. Good health to the king, my lord! May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Sin, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord!'

<gold>: b' have been arrested atop Qade\xc5\xa1, and I am right now sending them to the Palace. They are good archers.'
<predicted>: b' The town of Damascus has been brought to me from the town of Himi, and they brought them to the Palace. I have sent them to the Palace.'

<gold>: b' May Venus, the brightest of the stars, before your eyes make your wives lie in the lap of your enemy; may your sons not take possession of your house, but a strange enemy divide your goods.'
<predicted>: b' May Venus, queen of the gods, break in your sovereignty, break you with your enemy, and let your sons be provided to your side.'

<gold>: b" (Ammili'ti) the son of Amiri readied himself with 300 she-camels, intending to attack the booty being transferred from Damascus to Assyria."
<predicted>: b' The son of Amiri has gone to me, saying: "Why did the captives of the captives of the captives and the captives from Damascus to Assyria, saying: "He is the king\'s messenger?'

<gold>: b' He laid waste the settlements (and) turned (the land) into a desert. He carried off the gods (and) turned the sanctuaries into ruins.'
<predicted>: b' For the god Marduk, the great lord, the Enlil of the gods, the exalted one, the light of wisdom, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida.'

<gold>: b' Now the(se) people are here. They have come to me, saying: "Speak in the presence of the palace scribe as long as Marduk-eriba does not allow us to enter."'
<predicted>: b' Now then I am sending them to me. I am herewith sending them to the king, my lord, the palace scribe, and the scribe of Marduk-eriba.'

<gold>: b' At any time, when (anyone of) the people living in this city tears down his old house and builds a new one \xe2\x80\x94 if the foundation of his house encroaches upon the royal road, he will be hung (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cthey will hang him\xe2\x80\x9d) on a stake over his house.'
<predicted>: b' The people who dwell the town of its people who had fled from his (own) house(s) had become old and its walls had been built, and its walls had been built.'

<gold>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint, breaks the contract, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against the governess, shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'
<predicted>: b' In the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b' All the straw in my country is reserved for Dur-\xc5\xa0arruken, and my recruitment officers are now running after me (because) there is no straw for the pack animals.'
<predicted>: b' All the straw and all all of the country are to Dur-\xc5\xa0arruken and the recruitment officers, they will go out and forth up the fields.'

<gold>: b' the favorite of the god Marduk, the governor who provides, the one who renovates Esagil and Ezida, the humble (and) reverent one who is constantly attentive to the will of the gods, (the one who has) generously providing hands, the one who renovates cult centers, the exalted ruler who provides abundantly for all temples, the indefatigable envoy who (succeeds) in reaching high mountains, the shepherd who deliberates (and) sets the people of (his) land on the right path,'
<predicted>: b' ... in the city Pikkuku, the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the king of the gods, the god ... , the king of the gods, the god ... , the king of the gods, the god ... , the king of the gods, the great gods, the king of the gods, the great gods, the king of the gods, the great gods, my lords; the king of the gods, the great gods, my lords; the king of the gods, the great gods, my lords; the king of the gods, the great gods, my lords;'

<gold>: b' \xe1\xb9\xa2illaya wrote to me by way of \xc5\xa0akin-\xc5\xa1umi as follows: "I shall put you to death! Why do you say: \'\xe1\xb9\xa2illaya took away my property\'? Munnabitu is witness against you" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' \xe1\xb9\xa2illaya wrote to me in the hands of commandant, saying: "I will take away the camp." As soon as he has sent me the army, saying: "We will send (them)."'

<gold>: b' With regard to Zakir, of whom the king wrote: "Who is he?" \xe2\x80\x94 I already wrote to the king: "His father put in a good word for me, saying, \'Verily you did not get in touch with my quarter ... from ... , your men ... are reliable.\'"'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the matter of Zakir which the king wrote: "Who who wrote to the king, saying: "I have sent his father and (then) he took my father from me, saying: "You will take away from me."'

<gold>: b' The one who ... obeys me, when he goes to the Step Gate may he retain a palace deputy; may ... the witnesses and adversary (in the court); may the judges take the bench and give a proper decision before A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one who alters the work and ... of the palace, ... , the king, my lord, may ... , the one who ... the house of my palace so that they should bring (them) in their (own) position.'

<gold>: b' Certain Babylonians, members of the nobility, friends who are loyal to the king and the vizier, my lord, have written to me from Babylon. Send us good news, whatever is appropriate!'
<predicted>: b' The Babylonians (and) the citizen of the king, my lord, the lord of the king and the vizier, my lord, have written to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b" I have now written down the labour duty which Hau carries for these towns, and I am herewith sending it to the king, my lord. What are the king my lord's orders?"
<predicted>: b" Now then I am going to the king, my lord, that is the king my lord's instructions, I have written to the king, my lord. What is it that the king, my lord, commands?"

<gold>: b" At my lordly utterance, the Igigi and Anunnaki pay attention to his (the king's) command! All the kings seated on thrones bow down before you and kiss your feet."
<predicted>: b' To do obeisance to me, the gods Anu (and) Anu, the gods Anu (and) Anu, the gods who support me, (and) gave him pleasing to the yoke of the kings who sit upon (royal) daises, (and) kissed your feet.'

<gold>: b' The man who on the 7th of Nisan ... from ... is the messenger of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and Adad. He takes him out of the prison... : "Without the messenger of his lords, who could take him out?"'
<predicted>: b' This Bel in the house of the governor of the month of Nisan (I) from ... , the messenger of the month of Nisan (I) ... from the house of the governor of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1.'

<gold>: b' They appointed me in his stead, (and) I stood by and served your father. I ... ed in Na\xe1\xb9\xa3ibina, GN (and) Hamed\xc3\xaa; I did work for the king (and) gave booty to the king.'
<predicted>: b' As for me, I sent (word) and went to the king, my father, in the city of ... , in the city of ... , and I went to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' In order to be able to draw water by bucket every day, I had bronze wire chains and bronze cables made and, instead of poles, I had tree trunks together with date palm(s) of copper placed over wells.'
<predicted>: b' In order to be able to draw water by bucket every day, I had bronze wire chains and bronze cables made and, instead of poles, I had tree trunks and date palm(s) placed over wells.'

<gold>: b' Each month, may he make signs of my well-being manifest. May he firmly establish on my head the crown of my royal majesty forever. Make the throne of my lordly person secure in the days to come.'
<predicted>: b' May my days be long, may my days be long (and) may my years be long (and) may my lord be long! May they grant my troops (and) my lord!'

<gold>: b' Arik-d\xc4\xabn-ili, strong king, king of Assyria, builder of the temple of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the exalted shrine, for posterity; son of Enlil-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab, king of Assyria; son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad (I) (who was) also king of Assyria:'
<predicted>: b' Arik-d\xc4\xabn-ili, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of Assyria:'

<gold>: b' I/they killed Peqah, their king, and I placed Hoshea as king over them. I received from them ten talents of gold, ... talents of silver, together with their property, and I brought them to Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' I set out Pad\xc3\xae, their king, ... ,'

<gold>: b' Twice or thrice we watched for Mars today (but) we did not see (it), it has set. Maybe the king my lord will say as follows: "Is there any (ominous) sign in (the fact) that it set?" (I answer): "There is not."'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, was on his second on the 22nd day; we did not see the king, my lord. The king, my lord, will say (this).'

<gold>: b' I went to Dur-Bel-ila\'i and entered into the presence of Nab\xc3\xbb-re\'u\'a. He said: "The Ellipeans jointly ... the king ... Why have you ... ed the town ... and gone down to ... ? ... this ... "'
<predicted>: b' As for you, in Dur-Bel-ila\'a in the presence of the city Nab\xc3\xbb- shepherds. The ... from the Itu\'eans ... the king\'s ... "'

<gold>: b' The goddess I\xc5\xa1tar heard my sorrowful plight and said to me \xe2\x80\x9cFear not!\xe2\x80\x9d She gave me confidence, (saying): \xe2\x80\x9cBecause of your entreaties, which you directed towards me, (and because) your eyes were filled with tear(s), I had mercy (on you).\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' (When) he got afraid of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lady, (and) the gods who created me, (and) the god who created me, (and) the one who dwells for you.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen fear and terror at night, or have jumbled the oracle query in my mouth'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen fear and terror at night, or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth'

<gold>: b' The priest of Anu, the priest of Adad, the priest of \xc5\xa0arrat-nipha, the priest of the Assyrian I\xc5\xa1tar, the priest of Nab\xc3\xbb and Ta\xc5\xa1metu, the priest of Kuru\xc5\xa1-kadru, the priest of DN, the priest of DN, the priest of DN, the priest of DN.'
<predicted>: b' The priest of Anu, Adad and Adad, the priest of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the priest of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the priest of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the priest of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the priest of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the priest, DN, the priest of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the priest ... , the priest (and) the priest of the priest (and) the priest of the priest (and) the priest of the priest (and) the priest of the priest (and) the priest of the priest (and) the priest of the priest (and) the priest of the priest (and) the priest of the priest.'

<gold>: b' Moreover, as for him (\xe1\xb8\xaaan\xc5\xabnu), he flew (back) from Egypt like a bird and ... I returned him to his position. I considered his ... as an Assyrian emporium. I erected (a stele with) my royal image in the city Brook of Egypt, a river(bed) that ...'
<predicted>: b' Moreover, he conquered from the land Mu\xe1\xb9\xa3ri and went to his position, ... from the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, in the house of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, in the city Nag\xc4\xabtu, which is in the city Nag\xc4\xabtu, which is in the city Nag\xc4\xabtu, which is in the city Nag\xc4\xabtu.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the ritual against the r\xc4\x81bi\xe1\xb9\xa3u (demon) about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Perform it" \xe2\x80\x94 I performed it on the 13th day. I have fastened together all the paraphernalia of the ritual which I had made, sealed them and handed them over to a guardsman.'
<predicted>: b' As to the work about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "Why did you have performed the ritual on the 13th day" \xe2\x80\x94 it is in the charge of the lackey. I will perform the watch on the right and the work.'

<gold>: b' He told her: \'Do not do the work; leave it until the day ... I am going to gather them. Filling ... they pour ... ; I am going to ... and pour oil upon their heads.\'"'
<predicted>: b' I said to them as follows: "They will make the work on the ritual day to ... , saying: "I will take away the food and ... , they will bring them and bring them to me.'

<gold>: b' I have ordained life for you in the assembly of all the gods. My arms are strong, they shall not forsake you before the gods. My shoulders are alert, they will keep carrying you.'
<predicted>: b' In the assembly of the gods, I spoke to your gods, (and) you are develled your god, (and) you are in the presence of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have changed or altered the proceedings, (or) jumbled the oracle query in my mouth'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have changed or altered the proceedings, or (that) the oracle query has become jumbled in my mouth'

<gold>: b' Let the king, my lord, investigate; let him send word that I come, and I shall come on foot! I have no chariot, no team, no driver!'
<predicted>: b' Let the king, my lord, write me: "Let them go, but let me go with my chariot, but did not give my chariot driver.'

<gold>: b' Will they stay alive and well, will they be saved, will they escape and evade them? Will they come out safely from the district of Karka\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1\xc3\xae?'
<predicted>: b' (whether) they will escape and plunder, plunder, (and whether) they will return, plunder, plunder, (and whether) they?'

<gold>: b' Ever since a letter of the king has come to me I have written a reply to it and sent it to the king. (But) if somebody does not forward it, the king should not blame his servant!'
<predicted>: b' I have not sent him from the house of the king to the king, my lord. If the king will not succeed, I shall write him to the king, my lord. The king should not make him.'

<gold>: b' ean, the Uliean, the Me\xe1\xb9\xa3aean, in all 10 city lords have hauled (the beams) to me (over a distance of) two stages, while I had to haul them for the third stage alone!'
<predicted>: b" I went to the land Uila'i, a man of the city of Me\xe1\xb9\xa3ayu, a rugged mountain, and fled to now, and (then) I myself came to me."

<gold>: b' Moreover, breccia, as much as is needed (for making) burzigallu-bowls, (a stone) that had never been seen before, revealed itself at Kapridargil\xc3\xa2 (\xe2\x80\x9cDargil\xc3\xa2 Village\xe2\x80\x9d), which is on the border of the city T\xc4\xabl-Barsip.'
<predicted>: b' Moreover, breccia, as much as is needed (for making) burzigallu-bowls, (a stone) that had never been seen before, revealed itself at Kapridargil\xc3\xa2 (\xe2\x80\x9cDargil\xc3\xa2 Village\xe2\x80\x9d).'

<gold>: b' one stone (for) Enpi, one stone (for) Kalkal, one stone (for) the Image of Kalkal, two stones (for) the \xc5\xa0akkans, two stones (for) the Lions; two stones (for) the Steps, two stones (for) the Lahmu, one stone (for) the Bull-Son-of-\xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1; one stone (for) the Mouth-and-Tongue;'
<predicted>: b' One stone (for) One stone, one stone (for) Mi\xc5\xa1aru, one stone (and) one stone, two stones (and) one stone (for) Bel-\xc5\xa1arru, two stone (for) Mi\xc5\xa1aru, one stone (for) Ninurta, one stone (for) Mi\xc5\xa1aru, one stone (for) Ninurta, one stone (for) Mi\xc5\xa1aru, one stone (for) Ninurta, one stone (for) Ne\xc5\xa1-ekalli;'

<gold>: b' I am your great midwife, I am your excellent wet nurse. For long days and everlasting years I have established your throne under the great heavens.'
<predicted>: b' I am speaking to you. I am handing your name to you. I will give you long (and) you, the gods who support you, and gave him a throne of long days.'

<gold>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech, the land will become happy. The gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed.'
<predicted>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy.'

<gold>: b' I captured alive in the midst of battle the magnates of the king of the land Elam, including Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1uma-i\xc5\xa1kun, a son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), king of the land Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia).'
<predicted>: b' I captured the king of the land Elam, together with Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1uma-i\xc5\xa1kun, a son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), king of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), together with the bones of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the god Marduk.'

<gold>: b' However, if you persist in not complying, I swear by A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and my gods that under the aegis of gods I will make the future even more horrible than the past to you.'
<predicted>: b' I will not let the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my gods, that I have put to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my gods, that I swear in the god.'

<gold>: b' Moreover, she, who had become startled by my (mighty) weapons, brought ... to Assyria, before me. I placed a representative (of mine) over her and ... <10,000> soldiers ... I made ... bow down at my feet.'
<predicted>: b' Moreover, I placed a eunuch of mine (and) wrote (it) to my (own) name. I set a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them and considered (them) to my feet.'

<gold>: b' As to what was said to the king: "On the 1st day he may not go outdoors", does the crown prince now go out of the outer gate? Said the king: "The crown prince should enter into my presence." What has entering to do with going out?'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king said to the king: "The son of the king and the crown prince, and the crown prince and the crown prince, my lord, so that it is good.'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, should examine the crimes ... of all ... s, have compassion on those whose crimes are light like breath, count (them) among his servants, and appoint them to the royal service.'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, should not let them go to me. Let them live ... , they should be punished with them, and let them settle the king, my lord, in the guard of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the towns about which the king, my lord, wrote to Nab\xc3\xa2, he has not given them back. The Manisaeans are in the presence of the king, my lord... Let the king, my lord, ask them (whether) they are independent towns.'
<predicted>: b' As to the towns about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "Give them to the king, my lord, whatever the king, my lord, should question them.'

<gold>: b' I skillfully made a bed of musukkannu-wood ... as a pleasure bed for the god B\xc4\x93l (Marduk) (and) the goddess B\xc4\x93lt\xc4\xabya (Zarpan\xc4\xabtu) to carry out the wedding (and) to make love. I placed (it) in Ka\xe1\xb8\xabilisu, the bed chamber of the goddess Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, which is laden with sexual charm.'
<predicted>: b' I greatly prayed to the gods B\xc4\x93l (Marduk) and the goddess B\xc4\x93lt\xc4\xabya, the residence of the god B\xc4\x93l (Marduk) and the goddess B\xc4\x93lt\xc4\xabya (Zarpan\xc4\xabtu) to carry out the wedding of the goddess Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, which is laden with sexual charm.'

<gold>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: the speech of the land will become reliable; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; there will be joy among people; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed.'
<predicted>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed.'

<gold>: b' Ashurnasirpal, strong king, king ... , unrivalled king of the world, ... , attentive prince who ... heaven (and) underworld, ... those insubmissive to him ... , exalted priest, ... A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the god Adad ... whose priesthood in the temples they established forever ... , shepherd ...'
<predicted>: b' Ashurnasirpal, strong king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, who does not revere his enemies, ... , vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the one who ... , the one who (re)built the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the god Adad ...'

<gold>: b' Whoever breaks the contract shall place x minas of silver and one mina of gold in the lap of Mullissu residing in Nineveh, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'
<predicted>: b' Whoever breaks the contract shall place x mina of silver and one mina of gold in the lap of Mullissu residing in Nineveh, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b' To the king, our lord: your servants Adad-\xc5\xa1umu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, Marduk-\xc5\xa1akin-\xc5\xa1umi and Nab\xc3\xbb-nadin-\xc5\xa1umi. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk greatly bless the king, our lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, our lord: your servants Adad-\xc5\xa1umu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur and Marduk-\xc5\xa1umu-\xc5\xa1umi. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, our lord!'

<gold>: b' But you, when you saw this, why did you not kill those who were to be killed and take prisoners those who were to be taken prisoners? Certainly (the troops) who came were not more numerous than you!'
<predicted>: b' And you have said to this word: "Why do you not let you go, and you shall not go to you. You will go to you.'

<gold>: b' I entered his palace, which is in Babylon, and (then) I opened his treasury and carried off gold, silver, gold (and) silver utensils, precious stones, the possessions (and) property of his palace.'
<predicted>: b' I joyfully entered his palace, which is in Babylon, then I opened his treasury and brought out gold, silver, gold (and) silver utensils, precious stones, all kinds of gold (and) property, a substantial house, (and) silver, gold, (and) precious stones.'

<gold>: b' I fastened bands of copper and tin on magnificent copper columns, as well as on large cedar columns, which are the product of Mount Amanus, then I installed (them) upon lion colossi and positioned cross-beams (upon them) as a cornice for their gates.'
<predicted>: b' I fastened bands of copper on magnificent copper columns, as well as on large cedar columns, which are the product of Mount Amanus, and (then) I installed (them) upon lion colossi and positioned cross-beams (upon them) as a cornice for their gates.'

<gold>: b" ... entrusted ... to me ... (Lower) Egypt, Upper Egypt ... he established ... (5') ... where I trod, the border of ... Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia) ... which (is) in the midst of ..."
<predicted>: b' ... I plundered ... (and) ... of the land Musku (and) I conquered (and) ... the land R\xc4\x81\xc5\xa1i (and) I plundered (them) in the land Karalla (and) I placed (them) in the land K\xc4\x81r-Yak\xc4\xabn...'

<gold>: b' When the Lady of Akkad went away to Elam, her assets were taken over, the fields and personnel of the temple passing under the'
<predicted>: b' May the great gods, my lords, may the Lady of Akkad, the Lady of Akkad (and) the Lady of Akkad, the gods of the temple of Akkad.'

<gold>: b' When are the horses trained to the yoke to come before the king, my lord? Let the king, my lord, send word so I can be alerted and I can have orders issued for the horses to stay overnight and be provisioned.'
<predicted>: b' May the king, my lord, send word to the king, my lord, let the king, my lord, write to me, and let the king, my lord, see his country. May the gods'

<gold>: b' (This) humble, pious scholar extols the greatness of Zarpanitu, the great lady, the spouse of Enbilulu, the daughter-in-law of Nudimmud, and sings her praises.'
<predicted>: b' the beloved of the goddess Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, the lady of the god Enlil, the beloved of the god, the one who is assiduous towards the mountains, (and) the one who makes sattukku-offering \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' Palace of Ashurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of Assyria; conqueror of all lands, (who) has subdued (everything) from east to west:'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Ashurnasirpal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of the world and king of Assyria:'

<gold>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Il-yada'. Good health to the king, my lord! The land and the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be glad."
<predicted>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Il-yada'. Good health to the king, my lord! The land and the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be glad."

<gold>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed.'
<predicted>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy.'

<gold>: b' I have sent all ... to the king (and) grasped his feet ... (but) they have uttered no friendly report on me, (because) they do not trust me. They have stunned the king, my lord, not ...'
<predicted>: b' I have sent ... to the king, my lord. The ... of the king, my lord, I said to the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should not ...'

<gold>: b' in accordance with the command of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and your favorable decisions, should the subject of this query, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan, and send ... against the cities of ... ? Is it pleasing to your great divinity?'
<predicted>: b' in accordance with the command of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and your favorable decisions, should the subject of this query, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan?'

<gold>: b' Concerning the star ... about which the king, our lord, wrote to us, it is indeed a star which does not ... and appear with them. The writing-board of Mul Apin says as follows:'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the ... about which the king, our lord, wrote to us, the king, our lord, wrote to us, saying: "This is the relevant interpretation to the king, our lord.'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, king of all the great gods; god Anu, foremost in strength, the one who decrees destinies; god Ea, king of the aps\xc3\xbb, lord of wisdom (and) understanding; god S\xc3\xaen, wise one, lord of the lunar disk,'
<predicted>: b' God A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, great lord, king of all the great gods; god Anu, king of the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab and Anunnak\xc5\xab gods, lord of the lands; god S\xc3\xaen, father of the gods, lord of the lands; god S\xc3\xaen, father of the gods, lord of the lands;'

<gold>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed.'
<predicted>: b' If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed.'

<gold>: b' They are now backbiting me in the presence of the king, saying, \xe2\x80\x9cHe and Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1ezib are friends of the king of Babylon, they have from the beginning known these things with the king of Babylon.\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' Now, they are in the king\'s presence, saying: "He is the king of Babylon, that the king of Babylon is in the beginning of the king.'

<gold>: b' I am writing to you right now: do not ... to the people, but take your tribute and come to me! I am going to write ... about the tribute of Ellipi, they too will bring their tribute.'
<predicted>: b' I am writing to you right now: I have sent the people ... ; they are waiting for the tribute of the land Ellipi to the tribute of Ellipi.'

<gold>: b' Kasulim (\xe2\x80\x9cGate of Radiance\xe2\x80\x9d), his lordly shrine, became bright, filled with rejoicing.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) all the god S\xc3\xaen, the great lord, the god who created me, (and) the god S\xc3\xaen, the supreme lord, the one who reveres the great gods, am I \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' I released the men, so they have dug their rivers and moulded bricks. (Now) they have gone down at it again in their full power and are finishing up clearing off the work assignment which they did not finish.'
<predicted>: b' The men who were released with them, they have been released with them, and they have returned with them; they will bring them out; they will return them and assemble them.'

<gold>: b' indeed I have not removed him, he is (still) a cohort commander! Dugul-pan-ili is with the king my lord; let the king my lord ask him if he is not a cohort commander!'
<predicted>: b' Now, the cohort commander of the king, my lord, let the king, my lord, ask (him), the cohort commander, let the king, my lord, ask him.'

<gold>: b' The king knows that Pirriya is not a subsoil-plough household; water is hard there. It is a shepherding household: pigs and deers are strong there... All the arable fields that can be cultivated there ...'
<predicted>: b" The king knows that I am no house in front of the main room in the presence of the house. He is ... in the house of the king's house."

<gold>: b' To the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, his lord: Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), (5) king of the kings of (Lower) Egypt, Upper Egypt, and Kush, gave (this door socket) for his (long) life (and) the well-being of his offspring.'
<predicted>: b' To the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, his lord: Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), king of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), king of the kings of (Lower) Egypt, Upper Egypt, (and) the well-being of his seed.'

<gold>: b' As to the officials in Adia and in Tastiate concerning whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "All of them should go to Dur-\xc5\xa0arruken!" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' As to the official concerning the official of Adia, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, I am herewith sending them to Dur-\xc5\xa0arruken to Dur-\xc5\xa0arruken.'

<gold>: b' Will he order it or cause others to order it? Will he plot it, or cause others to plot it or incite it? Or will someone else cause him to plot it ... ?'
<predicted>: b' Will he cause others to instigate it? Will he order it, or cause others to plot it? Will he plot it, or cause others to plot it? Will he order it, or cause others to plot it?'

<gold>: b' Moreover, I struck with the sword Teu\xc5\xa1pa, a Cimmerian, a barbarian whose home is remote, together with his entire army, in the territory of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaubu\xc5\xa1na.'
<predicted>: b' Moreover, I struck with the sword Teu\xc5\xa1pa, a Cimmerian, a barbarian whose home is remote, together with his entire army, in the territory of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaubu\xc5\xa1na.'

<gold>: b' I smashed the land B\xc4\xabt-Amuk\xc4\x81ni and brought all of its people to Assyria. I confined Muk\xc4\xabn-z\xc4\x93ri, their king, to Sap\xc4\xabya (\xc5\xa0ap\xc4\xabya), his city.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the land B\xc4\xabt-Amuk\xc4\x81ni, who had come to the land of the people of his people to Assyria, and (then) I conquered the city Sarraki, his king, in the city S Samaria, his royal city.'

<gold>: b' (whether), if he sends them and they go, the enemy who is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity, will'
<predicted>: b' If there is acceptable to the command of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, and your favorable decisions, and the enemy whose name is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity.'

<gold>: b' On the loss of radiance one has remarked: "It is not an eclipse, but loss of radiance is (even) more dangerous than an eclipse; its sign is extremely unlucky."'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the apotropaic ritual (and) said: "I have called an eclipse to (the eclipse of) the eclipse; it is not without place, (but) it is not very plan.'

<gold>: b' I told the son of Mub\xc3\xae: "Take your house to Huzirina," but he did not agree to take it. Whoever has a parental house there, refuses to take it.'
<predicted>: b' I have sent to the son of Mukin-abi, but they did not agree to the Palace, but he did not agree to his paternal estate, but he did not agree to me.'

<gold>: b' Just as a caterpillar does not see and does not return to its cocoon, so may you not return (to) your women, your sons, and to your houses.'
<predicted>: b' Just as the noise of which it does not know, you will return to your women, your sons, your sons and your daughters be killed by your houses.'

<gold>: b' Now, my brother has again gone to make trouble. I (too) shall go, I shall not leave it at that. I am going to the towns Argue and Kinnili; the king may do as he deems best.'
<predicted>: b' Now, I will write to the king, my lord, but will he go to Arrapha. The king should do as he deems best. The king should do as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' The house of the chief scribe is a tiny house. Even a donkey would not enter there. (Whereas) the house of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-na\xe1\xb9\xa3ir, a nobleman, is good (but) much repair (must be done) there.'
<predicted>: b' an estate of x hectares of land, a palace, a house, a house, a house, a house, a house, a house, saying:'

<gold>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, whether these men or their sons or grandsons, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Riba-ilani'
<predicted>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, whether these men or their sons or their grandsons, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Riba-ilani,'

<gold>: b' ... s ... have been plotting against me. I told (this) truthfully, and you understood that they have (also) been plotting to kill you. What (else) should I write to you?'
<predicted>: b' ... spoke to ... with me, saying: "You and those of your angry and ... ed you, but you will say to you and said: "Why did you do?"'

<gold>: b" We are now on our way (there); we shall without delay (lit. 'without staying overnight') find out what news there is and quickly write to the king, our lord."
<predicted>: b' And and we have heard that we heard the news and send them to the king, our lord. We shall write to the king, our lord, and we shall write to the king, our lord.'

<gold>: b" They shall cut out his tongue. For the future, until far-off days, among these Assyrian craftsmen, 'enterers,' performers of ilku-service"
<predicted>: b" The king's word to future days after day to the day, in the days of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-ila'i, the Elamite commander."

<gold>: b' From this day, the 3rd day of this month, Iyyar (II), of this year, to the 2nd day of this month, Sivan (III), of this year, 30 days and nights, my stipulated term \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' From this day, the 3rd day of this month, Iyyar (II), of this year, to the 2nd day of Sivan (III) of this year, 30 days and nights, my stipulated term \xe2\x80\x94'

<gold>: b' Iqbi-ilu, Issar-tariba \xe2\x80\x94 These fields, buildings and people (under the authority ) of Ahu-duri, ... , Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria, exempted (from taxes) and gave to NN, his eunuch, as a grant.'
<predicted>: b" Iqbi-ilu, Issar-le'i and the people, and the people of Ahu-duri, Adad-duri, Adad-duri, Adad-duri, Adad-duri, ... , (and) gave them to NN, his eunuch."

<gold>: b' The Lady of Nineveh, the mother who bore me, endowed me with unparalleled kingship; the Lady of Arbela, my creator, ordered everlasting life (for me).'
<predicted>: b" The Lady of Nineveh, the king's treaty, a mother who belonged to me, whom the king, my lord, wrote to me:"

<gold>: b' The king descends from the chariot to the storehouses, takes the hand of the gods, brings them in and seats them on their seat. He kisses the feet.'
<predicted>: b" The king enters the house of the banquet into the Akitu House, and the 'hand' of Anu. He brings them into the centre of the house, and seats the feet."

<gold>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Il-yada'. Good health to the king, my lord! The land and the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be glad."
<predicted>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Il-yada'. Good health to the king, my lord! The land and the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be glad."

<gold>: b' Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Any news of the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian?" He is still over there; nobody has come from there, we haven\'t heard any news about them yet.'
<predicted>: b' Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "What is the news of Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu?" They did not give them any news of the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadians?"'

<gold>: b' Yesterday and the day before yesterday, I did not bother the king, my lord, since there was nothing (wrong). Now, when we did not pour out the straw'
<predicted>: b' When the king, my lord, did not let me go to the king, my lord, let the king, my lord, not know that he has not come to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Should Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written in this tablet and placed before your great divinity, over the troops of Bit-Amukani?'
<predicted>: b' The man whose name is written in this tablet and placed before your great divinity, to the men of Bit-Amukani, and the men of Bit-Amukani'

<gold>: b' I, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the one who fashioned image(s) of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the great gods, built this house for my second son A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-il\xc4\xab-muballissu and I laid its foundation(s).'
<predicted>: b' I, Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria, the one who fashioned image(s) of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods, I: With its foundations to its crenellations, (and) the well-being of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' ... the sons of the king will ... the temples ... will take place in the land, a strong ... will take place in the land, troops ... had seen bad times will see good (times); a peak flood for seven years will come ...'
<predicted>: b" ... sons and ... , the sons of the king's household (and) the temple of the temple, (and) the king's ilku-ilani ... will be placed in the mountains, and ... , and ... in the presence of ... , and ... in the presence of ... , and (then) they will be present."

<gold>: b' be it by means of war, or by means of friendliness and peaceful negotiations, or by means of a tunnel or breach, or by means of hunger,'
<predicted>: b' or while he, be it by waging war, or through friendliness or peaceful negotiations, or through friendliness or peaceful negotiations, or through any ruse of capturing a city,'

<gold>: b" Perhaps the scholars can tell something about the (concept) 'Westland' to the king, my lord. Westland means the Hittite country (Syria) and the nomad land or, according to another tradition, Chaldea."
<predicted>: b' Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Why did the king my lord, my lord? The land of Sun and the land of Sun is all of the mountain.'

<gold>: b' The queen mother said: "They should give rams." If it is acceptable to the queen mother, let them appoint that the rams are given to the chief of accounts of the palace.'
<predicted>: b" The mother of the queen mother, when the king's mother, gave to the chief of the palace and the chief of the palace."

<gold>: b' I, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, while enjoying myself on foot, seized a fierce lion that was born in the steppe (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cof its plain\xe2\x80\x9d) by its ear and, with the support of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar \xe2\x80\x94 the lady of battle \xe2\x80\x94 pierced its body with the lance that was in my hand.'
<predicted>: b' I, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, while (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the god who created me, I captured (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lady, (and) the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lady, (and) the might of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lady.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the previous letter which the king, my lord, sent to me and to which I did not send a reply to the Palace, I did receive the letter from the hands of the messenger, but we did not recognize the names of the people that were written in it (and) I do not know (anything) about them.'
<predicted>: b' So that the king, my lord, sent me, I sent (word) to the king, my lord, in his palace, (and) let him bring the name of the king, my lord. The name of the people who have not been brought (it) to him.'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, told me: "When the emissaries come, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-bessunu should come with them" \xe2\x80\x94 if the king, my lord, so orders, he may go and speak with them. Let the king, my lord, write me what his orders are.'
<predicted>: b' When the king, my lord, told me: "The emissaries of the king, my lord, go with them, let them come and bring them to the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, write to them, and let the king, my lord, write to me.'

<gold>: b' Let them be taken out and put aside!'
<predicted>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether, should the chief tailor, with the troops of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and go to the aid of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria,'

<gold>: b' It rained extremely heavily on the night of the 27th until the daybreak, the whole day on the 27th and the whole night on the night of the 28th. The rain poured down very much water, the amount of water is great indeed... The harvest will be excellent.'
<predicted>: b' On the 27th day, at night, on the 27th day, at the 27th day, at the 27th day are very much. The water is very much very much. The very much very very good, very much very very strong. The very best is very much very very much. The very much very very good.'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Mullissu, \xc5\xa0erua; S\xc3\xaen, Nikkal; \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Aya, Kippat-mati; Anu, Antu, Adad, \xc5\xa0ala; I\xc5\xa1tar of Heaven, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh; Ea, the Belet-ili, Damkina, Ninurta: total gods who go after A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' The deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Mullissu, \xc5\xa0erua, S\xc3\xaen, Nikkal, Kippat-mati, Anu, Adad, \xc5\xa0ala, Kippat-mati, I\xc5\xa1tar of Heaven, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, the Assyrian I\xc5\xa1tar,'

<gold>: b' If ... , I shall come, (and) my lord will go to the king. If I hear that he is going to Bit-Bunakka, I shall write to my lord. Let the 500 soldiers of ... come and enter the fort; ... 200 men ...'
<predicted>: b' I will come to the king, my lord. If I come to the king, my lord, I shall come to Bit-Bunakka and send them to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Lackeys stand between the tables of the king\xe2\x80\x99s sons and the magnates, holding torches. When most of the dinner has been served, they burn many aromatics between the tables of the king\xe2\x80\x99s sons and the magnates.'
<predicted>: b' The magnates of the crown prince and the magnates of the crown prince and the stand in the stand. The king and the crown, the king and the magnates, the crown prince and the magnates of the crown prince, (and) the crown prince of the crown prince.'

<gold>: b" Moreover, as for him (\xe1\xb8\xaaan\xc5\xabnu), the terrifying splendor of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord overwhelmed him and he flew (back) from Egypt like a bird and ... I returned him to his position. I considered his ... as an Assyrian emporium. I received gold, silver, multi-colored garments, linen garments, (15') large horses, ..."
<predicted>: b' Moreover, he, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed him and defeated him, and (then) he accepted (them) from Egypt, and (then) he brought (them) to the temple of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed him, and brought (them) to the temple of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed them, and brought (them) to the palace of his palace.'

<gold>: b' Moreover, with her great support, I defeated Ummaniga\xc5\xa1 (\xe1\xb8\xaaumban-nika\xc5\xa1 II), Tammar\xc4\xabtu, Pa\xca\xbe\xc3\xaa, (and) Ummanalda\xc5\xa1u (\xe1\xb8\xaaumban-\xe1\xb8\xabalta\xc5\xa1 III), who had exercised kingship over the land Elam after Teumman, and (then) harnessed them to a processional carriage, the vehicle of my royal majesty.'
<predicted>: b' Moreover, Ummanalda\xc5\xa1u (\xe1\xb8\xaaumban-nika\xc5\xa1 II), Tammar\xc4\xabtu, the king of the land Elam \xe2\x80\x94 by the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur \xe2\x80\x94 the king of the land Elam \xe2\x80\x94 by the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lords \xe2\x80\x94 I imposed upon them gold, the king of the land Elam.'

<gold>: b" May Sin, the great lord who dwells in Harran, clothe Mati'-ilu, his sons, his magnates, and the people of his land in leprosy as in a cloak; may they have to roam the open country, and may there be no mercy for them. May there be no more dung of oxen, asses, sheep, and horses in his land."
<predicted>: b' Sin, great lord, sat in the city Harran, his sons, his people, and the people of his land. The people of his land will be filled with the mountain. The people of the land will go to his land. The rest of the horses (and) horses in their land.'

<gold>: b' I hung the head of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, around the neck of Dun\xc4\x81nu. With the spoils of the land Elam (and) the booty of the land Gambulu, which I captured by the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, with singers performing music, I entered Nineveh in (the midst of) celebration.'
<predicted>: b' I hung the head of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, around the neck of Dun\xc4\x81nu. With the spoils of the land Elam (and) the booty of the land Gambulu, which I captured by the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, with singers performing music, I entered Nineveh in (the midst of) celebration.'

<gold>: b' I had statues of my royal majesty skillfully made ... through the craft of the deities Ninagal, Kusibanda, (and) Ninkurra, and, as constant petitioners for my life, I installed (them) in their positions before the gods who support me. From my childhood until I became an adult, I was assiduous towards the sanctuaries of the great gods. They required my priestly services (and) they (now) enjoy my giving (them) food offerings.'
<predicted>: b' I had the god Ninurta, the exalted lady, (and) the gods who support me, (and) the gods who support me, for the god S\xc3\xaen, the great gods, my lords, I had (them) brought before me (and) made (them) before the god S\xc3\xaen, the great gods, my lords.'

<gold>: b' May the deities S\xc3\xaen, Ningal, and Nusku look with pleasure upon my good deeds; may auspicious signs ... my ... be manifest ... ; ... his bright face ... with the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1; ... his ... ; may they discuss with each other ... the securing of the foundation of my royal throne.'
<predicted>: b' May Sin, Ningal, Nusku, (and) Nusku, the gods who support me, ... the pleasure of my royal majesty, ... his good fortune, ... his ... , ... his ... , (and) the well-being of my royal throne ...'

<gold>: b' The prince, the god Marduk, did not loosen his divine wrath (and) for twenty-one years he took up residence inside Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur). The days elapsed (and) the appointed time arrived. The wrath of the king of the gods, the lord of lords, relented and he remembered Esagil and Babylon, the residence of his lordly majesty.'
<predicted>: b' When the gods Marduk, Marduk, (and) Marduk, the gods who live in the city (and) Nippur, the one of the gods, the lord of the gods, the lord of the gods, the lord of lords of the god, the lord of the king of the gods, lord of Babylon, the one who reveres the king of the gods, the lord of lords, and his lord.'

<gold>: b' Sasiya, son of ... , Eri\xc5\xa1u ... and NN (are) with Remanni-Adad, the chariot driver. Nab\xc3\xbb-uha\xc5\xa1u and Bel-e\xe1\xb9\xadir will go up with him in a swift chariot ... May the king, my lord, send precise orders.'
<predicted>: b' Sas\xc3\xae, son of Ni... , son of Eri... , Remanni-Adad, the chariot driver, Nab\xc3\xbb-e\xe1\xb9\xadir, the chariot chariot, and Nab\xc3\xbb-e\xe1\xb9\xadir.'

<gold>: b' They (the gods) entered the orchards, groves, ... through the craft of the sage \xe2\x80\x9cthe washing of the mouth,\xe2\x80\x9d \xe2\x80\x9cthe opening of the mouth,\xe2\x80\x9d \xe2\x80\x9cbathing,\xe2\x80\x9d (and) \xe2\x80\x9cpurification\xe2\x80\x9d (were recited) before the stars of the night: the gods Ea, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Asallu\xe1\xb8\xabi, B\xc4\x93let-il\xc4\xab, Kusu, and Ningirima.'
<predicted>: b' In the exalted heavens, ... , ... , ... , ... in the craft of the sage, \xe2\x80\x9cthe washing of the mouth,\xe2\x80\x9d \xe2\x80\x9cthe opening of the mouth,\xe2\x80\x9d (and) \xe2\x80\x9cthe opening of the mouth,\xe2\x80\x9d \xe2\x80\x9cthe opening of the mouth,\xe2\x80\x9d (and) \xe2\x80\x9cthe opening of the mouth\xe2\x80\x9d (and) the gods Ea, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, and Ea, the gods who support me, (and) \xe2\x80\x9cthe opening of the mouth\xe2\x80\x9d (and) the god Ea, son of the god Ea, ... , the god Ea,'

<gold>: b" In (a favorable month,) on an auspicious day, (i' 10') through the craft of the incantation priest, I (re)laid its foundations according to its original plan, on its former site. With limestone, I filled in its foundation and (i' 15') raised (its walls) as high as a mountain. I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations..."
<predicted>: b' At that time, I laid the foundation of that palace in its entirety (and) I laid (it) up in a splendid fashion. I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its parapets (and) filled (it) from its foundations to its parapets. I made its structure (and) filled (it) from its foundations to its parapets. I made its structure (and) made (it) greater than its (text: \xe2\x80\x9cits\xe2\x80\x9d) gate.'

<gold>: b' At that time the Lib\xc5\xabr-\xc5\xa1al<<unk>> Gate, which is adjacent to the shrine of the Gate of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, (and) which had been built previously, had become dilapidated. I cleared away its debris, reconstructed the weakened portions, and rebuilt the ruined section from top to bottom. I deposited my monumental inscription.'
<predicted>: b' At that time the gate of the New Palace of the house of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, which previously had previously built, had become dilapidated and I restored it, had become dilapidated and I restored it. I rebuilt (it) from top to bottom and deposited my monumental inscription.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the ... about which the king, my lord, wrote to me \xe2\x80\x94 the dream rituals should be performed on the 13th day, in the morning... On the 13th day the moon will be covered with the crown of splendour. Afterwards, ... on the 14th day, the moon will be seen in opposition to the sun, a good oracular utterance will answer you.'
<predicted>: b' As to the king my lord about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, on the 13th day, concerning the 13th day, there will be started on the 14th day. On the 14th day the moon will be seen together with the sun.'

<gold>: b' And ... the bed, there is a ritual to put together for decorating and washing the bed. If the king, my lord, orders, we shall bring it into the temple of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and perform our rites jointly together. There is room there, and it is suitable for our vigil.'
<predicted>: b' I will bring the work on the bed with the bed. Let the king, my lord, write to me, I am herewith sending to the king, my lord. If the king, my lord, commands, we will do to the guard. The king, my lord, should know (this).'

<gold>: b' May En-nigaldi-Nanna, the beloved daughter of my heart, remain in good health in your presence and may her command(s) be firm. May her deeds be pleasing to you (and) may she avoid cultic mistake(s).'
<predicted>: b' May the god Enlil, lord of the lands, may your fate be old age, may the god Nudimmud (and) the god S\xc3\xaen, favorite of the tablet of the gods, may (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the world, king of Assyria, the one who (re)constructed the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (and) the well-being of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Tabn\xc3\xae. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 make your royal sceptre good for Assyria! May ... subdue your enemies beneath your feet!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Tabn\xc3\xae. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 bless the king, my lord! May the king, my lord, be in your feet!'

<gold>: b" Whoever in the future breaks the contract, whether Remanni-ilu or his ... or any relative of his, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Inurta-ila'i, shall pay one mina of refined silver and x minas of pure gold to the god ... residing in ..."
<predicted>: b" Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract, whether Remanni-ilu or whether ... , seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Inurta-ila'i, shall pay one mina of refined silver and x minas of pure gold in the lap of DN residing in ..."

<gold>: b' Samsi became startled by my mighty weapons and she brought camels, she-camels, with their young, to Assyria, before me. I placed a representative (of mine) over her and ... 10,000 soldiers ...'
<predicted>: b' Samsi became startled by my mighty weapons and she brought camels, she-camels, with their young, to Assyria, before me. I placed a representative (and) sent (them) to Assyria, before me.'

<gold>: b' When I captured ... s of the king of Babylon ... , I wrote to the king, my lord, and distributed ... ; if not, I sent ... to the king, my lord. The captives and the emissaries I have sent to Sippar, into the presence to the magnates.'
<predicted>: b' I have sent ... to the king, my lord. I have sent ... to the king, my lord. I have sent ... to the king, my lord. I sent (word) to the king, my lord. I sent (them) to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' (As for) Umba-LAGABua, who sat on the throne of the land Elam in opposition to Ummanalda\xc5\xa1u, he, like him (Ummanalda\xc5\xa1u) heard about (the advance of my army) and abandoned the city Bubilu, a city that was a lordly residence of his, and, like fish, he took to the depths of far away waters.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Umba-LAGABua, who sat on the throne of the land Elam in opposition to Ummanalda\xc5\xa1u, he, like him (Ummanalda\xc5\xa1u) heard about (the advance of my army) and abandoned the city Bubilu, a city that was a lordly residence of his, and (... )'

<gold>: b' Itun\xc3\xae, a eunuch of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, whom he (Teumman) insolently sent again and again before me, saw my mighty battle array and, with his iron belt-dagger, cut with his own hand (his) bow, the emblem of his strength.'
<predicted>: b' I captured alive (\xe1\xb8\xaaumban-nika\xc5\xa1 II), a eunuch of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, heard about the advance of my expeditionary force and sent him before me, together with his family, (and) to do obeisance to me.'

<gold>: b' NN, a Chaldean, has said to me: "The Puqudu who live in Bit-Amukani ... They are shutting in ... Kunaya and me. They ... have become extremely afraid, saying: \'... they will deport us.\' They are returning ...'
<predicted>: b' ... has the Chaldean of the Chaldeans told me: "They are in Bit-Amukani, ... , goes to me, and they will return them and ... , and ...'

<gold>: b' Na\xe1\xb9\xa3iru showed me thornbush; it resembles the shoot of a date palm about to burst out this very day, and at its tip it looks like a wire cable... it is a tree indigenous to Assyria; it also is a tree indigenous to Babylonia.'
<predicted>: b' N\xe1\xb9\xa3iuru has laid it as a loan. It is the date tree of the date tree of the date tree of the date garden, which is on the right side of the river ... and ... which is on the border of Akkad ...'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, our lord, wrote to us: "There is more obsidian" \xe2\x80\x94 if \'eyes\' are lacking, eye-stones should be made of it, and if a \xc5\xa1anduppu (ornament) is lacking, a \xc5\xa1anduppu-gem should be made of it. If it is extra, they may leave it unused.'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, our lord, wrote to us, saying: "If the seal of the ... should be done, if it is acceptable to it. If the king, my lord, write to me, if it is acceptable to it.'

<gold>: b' (As for) Uall\xc3\xae, king of the land Mannea, he saw the might of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the goddess Mullissu, my lords, ... and he bowed down to my yoke. He ... large horses as his payment, yearly, without ceasing and he made appeals to my lordly majesty.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Uaite\xca\xbeal\xc3\xae, the king of the land Mannea, who had advanced the might of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the goddess Mullissu, my lords, I conquered (and) imposed upon him his lordly payment.'

<gold>: b' When I decided to (re)build Esagil and Ezida, I molded the bricks of Esagil and Ezida in the land of Hatti (Syria-Palestine) with my pure hands, using the finest oil, and for the laying of the foundations of Esagil and Ezida I brought them.'
<predicted>: b' At that time, (with regard to) Ebabbar, the temple of Esagil and Ezida, the temple of the god Ea, my lord, by the hand of my life and (re)confirmed Esagil, the temple of the god Nab\xc3\xbb, my lord.'

<gold>: b' If at any time in the future, during the days of the reign of some future prince, this work falls into disrepair, may (that prince) repair its dilapidated state! May he look at my royal statue, anoint (it) with oil, offer a sacrifice, (and) place (my statue) with his (own) statue! The god Nab\xc3\xbb will (then) listen to his prayers.'
<predicted>: b' At any time (in the future), may a future ruler, when that temple becomes old and dilapidated. May he find an inscribed object bearing my name, and (then) anoint (it) with oil, make an offering, (and) set (it) back in its place! The god Nab\xc3\xbb (and) the goddess Ta\xc5\xa1m\xc4\x93tu will (then) hear his prayers.'

<gold>: b' The gods of the king, my lord, have provided peace: ever since the king, my lord, went to the country of the enemy, there have been no enemy attacks whatever. The district of the king, my lord, is well indeed.'
<predicted>: b' All the gods of the king, my lord, are well; the king, my lord, is well. The enemy of the king, my lord, are well. The king, my lord, can be glad.'

<gold>: b' (Concerning) the habitual corn taxes of Barruqu and Nergal-a\xc5\xa1ared that we have been exacting, Bel-aplu-iddina has now driven the delegates away. (Perhaps) the king, my lord, will say: "Is a bodyguard not exempt?"'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, gave me the orders of Bar-\xc5\xa1akin-iddina and the royal bodyguard of Nergal-aplu-iddina and the royal bodyguard, and the king, my lord, will say: "Why'

<gold>: b' sheep and goats, and I counted (them) as booty. Moreover, I destroyed, devastated, (and) turned into ruins their small(er) settlements, which were without number. I burned with fire pavilions (and) tents, their abodes, and reduced (them) to ashes.'
<predicted>: b' I surrounded (and) conquered that city. I surrounded, devastated, (and) turned into ruins their small(er) settlements, which were without number. I burned with fire pavilions (and) tents, their abodes, and reduced (them) to ashes.'

<gold>: b' (With regard to the city) \xe1\xb8\xaaarr\xc4\x81n (and) E\xe1\xb8\xabul\xe1\xb8\xabul, which have been in ruins for fifty-four years, (whose) sanctuaries had been laid to waste by the desecration wrought by a barbarian horde (the Medes), with (the consent of) the gods, the appointed time for (divine) reconciliation, the fifty-four years, when the god S\xc3\xaen would return to his place, drew near.'
<predicted>: b' The gods S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, (and) Marduk, the gods who support me, (and) the gods who support me, with the gods S\xc3\xaen (and) Adad, the gods who support me, (and) the gods S\xc3\xaen (and) Adad had the great gods,'

<gold>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, whether these men or his sons or his grandsons, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Bel-emuranni and his sons and his grandsons,'
<predicted>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, whether these men or his sons or his grandsons, seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Bel-emuranni and his sons and grandsons,'

<gold>: b' If it should occur, what is the word about it?" \xe2\x80\x94 the 14th day (signifies) the Eastland, the month Sivan (III) (signifies) the Westland, and the relevant \'decision\' (pertains) to Ur. And if it occurs, the (interpretation concerning the) region it afflicts and the wind blowing will be quoted as well.'
<predicted>: b' If they (= the king) will be delivered on the 14th of Sivan (III) in the Westland, and the'

<gold>: b' (As for) the sanctuaries of Assyria (and) the land Akkad whose foundation(s) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, the father who had engendered me, had laid, but whose construction he had not finished, I myself now completed their work by the command of the great gods, my lords.'
<predicted>: b' I completed the sanctuaries of Assyria, the king of Assyria, the father who had engendered me, the one who had engendered me, had (them) dwell in the midst of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, therein, (and) the gods who support me, for the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, therein, (and)'

<gold>: b' I confined Sarduri of the land Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu to the city \xe1\xb9\xacuru\xc5\xa1p\xc3\xa2, his city, and inflicted a great defeat upon him before his city gates. I fashioned my royal image and erected (it) in front of the city \xe1\xb9\xacuru\xc5\xa1p\xc3\xa2.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Samaria, the land Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu, who had fled to the city \xe1\xb9\xacuru\xc5\xa1p\xc3\xa2, his city, and inflicted a great defeat upon him before his city gates. I fashioned my royal image in front of the city \xe1\xb9\xacuru\xc5\xa1p\xc3\xa2.'

<gold>: b" For my life and the well-being of my city the outer wall, from the Craftsman's Gate to the Sheep Gate, \xe2\x80\x94 which a prince who preceded me had built \xe2\x80\x94 had become dilapidated. I (Enlil-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab) rebuilt (it) from top to bottom. I renovated the gates. I deposited my clay cone."
<predicted>: b' The son of Puzur-Adad (I), vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my father who preceded me, had built, had become dilapidated and old. I cleared away its debris down to the foundation of the foundation pit. I built (it) from top to bottom and deposited my monumental inscription.'

<gold>: b' The expenditure for the vigil: The confectioner takes 5 litres of honey, 5 litres of oil, 7 litres of refined sesame oil, 3 litres of chick-peas and 1 litre of ordinary lentils. The cook takes 1 seah 5 litres of barley and 6 litres of ordinary lentils.'
<predicted>: b' The expenditure for 5 litres of honey, 5 litres of oil, 5 litres of oil, 1 litre of chick-peas, 3 litres of lentils, 1 seah of chick-peas, 3 litres of ordinary grain-bread, 1 seah of barley, 1 seah 5 litres of barley.'

<gold>: b' In the course of my campaign, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the cities B\xc4\xabt-Daganna, Joppa, (ii 70) Banayabarqa, (and) Azuru, the cities of \xe1\xb9\xa2idq\xc3\xa2 that had not submitted to me quickly.'
<predicted>: b' In the course of my campaign, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the cities B\xc4\xabt-Daganna, Joppa, Banayabarqa, (and) Azuru, the cities of \xe1\xb9\xa2idq\xc3\xa2 that had not submitted to me quickly.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the one who changes (an inscription) written in my name, defaces my representations, destroys my handiwork, may the great divine lord, the god Marduk, glare at him angrily among all of the rulers, and make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the land. May he have no pity on him forever.'
<predicted>: b' As for the one who removes my inscription and my name: May the god Marduk, the great lord, called his sovereignty (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the land. May he (the god Marduk) make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the land.'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, knows that I am a poor man, that I keep the watch of the king, my lord, and am guilty of no negligence within the palace. Now I have been deprived of my field. I have turned to the king; may the king do me justice, may I not die of hunger!'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, knows that I am the king, my lord, appointed me. The guard of the king, my lord, should be in the palace. Let the king, my lord, act me to stay in the palace. Let the king, my lord, act me.'

<gold>: b' In the course of my campaign, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the cities B\xc4\xabt-Daganna, Joppa, Banayabarqa, (and) Azuru, the cities of \xe1\xb9\xa2idq\xc3\xa2 that had not submitted to me quickly.'
<predicted>: b' In the course of my campaign, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the cities B\xc4\xabt-Daganna, Joppa, Banayabarqa, (and) Azuru, the cities of \xe1\xb9\xa2idq\xc3\xa2 that had not submitted to me quickly.'

<gold>: b' that skill which no one among the kings who had preceded me had learned. I have written on tablets, checked, (and) collated everything pertaining to cuneiform signs, the art of the god Nab\xc3\xbb. I set (them) up in my palace so that they might be seen and read to me.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the kings who preceded me, I had the work of the god Nab\xc3\xbb, my lord, (and) through the craft of the god Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) the father who had engendered me \xe2\x80\x94 I had (it) hold (it) into the work of the god Nab\xc3\xbb, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the writing-board of the temples, of which the king wrote to me: "Send the rest of the work and the remaining writing-boards here through \xc5\xa0arru-amuranni!" \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' As to the ... of the temple of the temples of which the king wrote to me, saying: "The people of the king sent back, (and) let me go into the hands of \xc5\xa0arru- Anu. Now then I will give it to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' When I built the temple of the god Enlil, my lord, the prices in my city, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (were): two cor of barley could be purchased for one shekel of silver; fifteen minas of wool for one shekel of silver; and two seahs of oil for one shekel of silver, according to the prices of my city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'
<predicted>: b' When the temple of the god Enlil, my lord, I built a temple of the god Enlil, my lord, I raised (it) for half silver with silver, (and) have imposed on 1/2 shekels of silver to the god S\xc3\xaen, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I will remind you of ... and show it to you. (While) the ... seized their ... s and carried them to Elam, you ... continually approach my great divinity. He who sets the offering table and strews a flour offering in my presence,'
<predicted>: b' ... I made ... , (while) they (the gods) and presented (them) with my gifts. The great gods who support me, (and) he made me to enter the land Elam.'

<gold>: b' As to what the king my lord ordered: "The people living on the mounds should come down and build the fort", they have come down; should these ten fortified towns in the desert come down as well? What does the king my lord say?'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, said to me: "Let them live in the Battle. Let them write down the cities where the king, my lord, let them write to me, saying: "Give them to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' All the barley for the offerings of Adar (XII) and Tishri (VII): The priest of \xc5\xa0arrat-nipha and the priest of the b\xc4\x93t-\xc4\x93qi have the usufruct of ... of bread; ... of bread \xe2\x80\x94 the chief singer; 7 seahs of bread, bowls of hinhinu-seed and bud\xc3\xaa-confection, ... , leftovers to the palace.'
<predicted>: b' In all the barley of the month Adar (VII) of the month of Tishri (VII), the priest of Tishri (VII), the priest of the temple of the temple. The priest of the ... of the ... bread and the ... of the ... of ...'

<gold>: b' Palace of Ashurnasirpal, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, chosen of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of the gods Anu and Dagan, destructive weapon of the great gods, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of the world and king of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Ashurnasirpal, vice-regent of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, chosen of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of the gods Anu and Dagan, destructive weapon of the great gods, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote me: "Why is your major-domo not there?" \xe2\x80\x94 the ten city lords about whom I spoke with the king, my lord, are extremely fierce; I did write to the king, my lord, in full earnest.'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why are the major-domo of your major-domo? I have sent him to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I made bull colossi of alabaster and copper, two of which were overlaid with za\xe1\xb8\xabal\xc3\xbb-silver, (together with) bull colossi (and) sphinxes of white limestone, hold the door bolts of my lordly palatial halls.'
<predicted>: b' I made bull colossi of alabaster and copper, two of which were overlaid with za\xe1\xb8\xabal\xc3\xbb-silver, (and) bull colossi of alabaster, together with bull colossi and sphinxes of white limestone, hold the door bolts of my palatial halls.'

<gold>: b' I conquered the entire land of the Lullumu. I gave 25 of their gods to the deities Ninlil, Anu, Adad, and the Assyrian I\xc5\xa1tar, the gods of my city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddesses of my land. I gave their property to the god Adad, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' I conquered the land Lalli (and) carried off to my city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the gods who support me, for the god Adad, the great gods, my lords, I returned to the god Adad, my lord. I returned to the god Adad, my lord.'

<gold>: b' In a pitched battled, I repulsed Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), the king of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), (and) took away his rulership. I killed with the sword all of the Chaldeans, together with the massed body of Elamite troops, his allies.'
<predicted>: b' In the plain of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), the king of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), (and) Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), the king of the land of the Kassites and the land of the Yasubigallians.'

<gold>: b' the bodyguard S\xc3\xaen-kenu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur came and told the magnates: "Set out and go!" Now then they have set out and are going. Should I go with them? What is it that the king, my lord, commands?'
<predicted>: b' The bodyguard Sin-kenu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur the bodyguard and came to the chief bodyguard. The king, my lord, should say: "What are they not come to me? What are the king my lord\'s orders? What are the king my lord\'s orders?'

<gold>: b' If the king my lord so orders, I could bring down (the river) two bull colossi that have been finished, one in the city of ... , the other in Tastiate. Now, I have (already) brought down to Adia one bull colossus of Zeru-ibni; another one belonging to the Treasurer is in Urzuhina.'
<predicted>: b" If the king, my lord, commands, I have brought two bull colossi in the town of ... , and one one in the city of Ti', one of the town of the town of the Arameans, and I brought them to the treasurer of Zeru-ibni."

<gold>: b" Now then the ... who relieved me ... : 'Go and protect your lord! ... I am your servant. The servant of ... is returning home (and) ... If he proceeds to battle, ... '"
<predicted>: b' Now then I am writing to the king, my lord, saying: "The servant of ... has come to my lord ... " \xe2\x80\x94 the servant of ... , saying: "If ... , saying: "The servant of ... " \xe2\x80\x94 the servant of ... "'

<gold>: b' By means of the great intelligence (and) vast understanding which the sage of the gods, the prince, the god Nudimmud, gave to me, it occurred to me to (re)populate that city, to renovate its shrines, (and) to make the cult center shine, and my mind prompted (me).'
<predicted>: b' By the broadest of the god Nab\xc3\xbb, the sage of the gods, the sage of the gods, the god Nudimmud, the sage of the gods, the god Nudimmud, had commanded me, had built, had become old and (and) its shrines had buckled.'

<gold>: b' Is the capture of that city, Ki\xc5\xa1assu, by any enemy, from this day to the day of my stipulated term, decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord? Will he who can see, see it, he who can hear, hear it?'
<predicted>: b' Is my great divinity know it? Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it?'

<gold>: b' As to the news of the magnates, I asked the Mede who brings their letters where they are, and he told me that they went on the 3rd of Tishri (VII) to the land of Yadburu.'
<predicted>: b' As to the order that the magnates of the magnates has come to me, I asked them about the 3rd of Tishri (VII), saying: "I will bring them on the 3rd of Tishri (VII).'

<gold>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether the men, horses, (and) army of the magnates of the Bit-Kari and Saparda should go to the district of Sikri\xc5\xa1 to collect a tribute of horses,'
<predicted>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether the troops of the horses, or the troops of the Kushite officers,'

<gold>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether these men or their sons or their grandsons or their brothers, and seeks a lawsuit or litigation against Ribate and his sons'
<predicted>: b' Whoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract, whether these men or their sons, grandsons, brothers or nephews,'

<gold>: b' O Anun\xc4\xabtu, exalted lady, speak good things about me in the presence of the god Enlil daily.'
<predicted>: b' May the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the exalted lord, the god(s) whose divinity were not secure, I had (them) dragged on my (own) name, (and) made (them) dwell on (their) eternal dais(es).'

<gold>: b' Just as rain does not fall from a brazen heaven so may rain and dew not come upon your fields and your meadows; instead of dew may burning coals rain on your land.'
<predicted>: b' Just as rain does not rain into the sky, let the rain, so may they rain and rain into the land, so may you rain and rain in the land.'

<gold>: b' Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, builder of E\xe1\xb8\xabursagkurkurra, the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur his lord; son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur; son of Arik-d\xc4\xabn-ili, (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil and vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'
<predicted>: b' Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, builder of the temple of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Arik-d\xc4\xabn-ili, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of Arik-d\xc4\xabn-ili (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur:'

<gold>: b" Now then, Nergal-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, the chief cook, can report on me. The king's order is now fixed in my mouth, and I keep the king's treaty."
<predicted>: b' I have written to the king and the king and my lord. The king, my lord, knows that I am going to the king, my lord. I am a dead dog. The king, my lord, can be glad.'

<gold>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have eaten, drunk, anointed myself with, touched, or stepped upon anything unclean, changed or altered the proceedings, or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth...'
<predicted>: b' Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have eaten, drunk, or anointed myself with anything unclean, have changed or altered the proceedings, or (that) the oracle query has become jumbled in my mouth'

<gold>: b' I pondered and on my own initiatve I performed an oracle query concerning the Akitu Temple of the steppe. \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and Adad commanded me to build the Akitu Temple for the festival of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, which is appropriate for his great divinity.'
<predicted>: b' As to the news of me, I went up to the house of the Palace of the temple of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and Adad and Adad.'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Bel-iqbi ... the Babylonian should be in Der" \xe2\x80\x94 I went and told it to them, but they said to me: "He should not come!'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Let the king, my lord, send me a citizen of Babylon, let them come and come to me.'

<gold>: b' The gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and Adad will listen to the prayers of a later prince when that wall becomes dilapidated and he rebuilds (it). May (the same prince) restore my clay cone to its place.'
<predicted>: b' The gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and Adad will listen to the prayers of a later prince when that wall becomes dilapidated and he rebuilds (it). May (the same prince) restore my clay cone to its place.'

<gold>: b' To the king, our lord: your servants PN, Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a and Babilayu. Good health to the king, our lord! May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Bel (and) Nab\xc3\xbb give long days and everlasting years to the king, our lord.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, our lord: your servants, Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a and Babilayu. Good health to the king, our lord! May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Bel and Nab\xc3\xbb give the king, our lord, to the king, our lord.'

<gold>: b' Moreover, S\xc3\xaen-\xc5\xa1allimanni, the provincial governor of the land of Ru\xe1\xb9\xa3apu went against them (the Arameans) with all the troops of the land of Ru\xe1\xb9\xa3apu, but (when) he saw them, he did not fall upon them.'
<predicted>: b' Moreover, S\xc3\xaen-\xc5\xa1allimanni, the provincial governor of the land of Ru\xe1\xb9\xa3apu, went against them (the Arameans) with all the troops of the land of Ru\xe1\xb9\xa3apu, but (then) they saw them.'

<gold>: b' In the future may a later prince, when that wall becomes old and dilapidated, restore it. May he anoint with oil my monumental inscription, make sacrifices, (and) return (it) to its place. (Then) the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur will listen to his prayers.'
<predicted>: b' In the future may a later prince, when that wall becomes old and dilapidated, restore it. May he anoint with oil my monumental inscription, make sacrifices, (and) return (it) to its place. (Then) the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur will listen to his prayers.'

<gold>: b' Your servant Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a: I would gladly die for Sargon, the king of the universe, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king! Say to the king, my lord: I pray daily to Bel and Nab\xc3\xbb for the good health of the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' Your servant Bel-iqi\xc5\xa1a: I would gladly die for the king of the universe, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord:'

<gold>: b' This is not from the Series; it is non-canonical. This aforesaid is the only area which is taken as bad if Mars retrogrades there... Wherever else it might retrograde, it may freely do so, there is not a word about it.'
<predicted>: b' This was from i\xc5\xa1k\xc4\x81ru series. This is a bad man. This is the house of Jupiter and the temples went out. They have called the relevant interpretation to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' From this day on for as long as we live we will neither do nor cause anyone to do, nor speak evil things ... against Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, those who love him, and his land.'
<predicted>: b' From this day, until the day of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, his lord, and his land will be made with him, and we will ... the rest of his country.'

<gold>: b' You place a plate for the Anunnaki, (and) libate oil, honey, and beer. You throw finest flour twice, pour a libation bowl of wine, make a flour/incense-offering, (and) pour oil, honey and beer. You throw finest flour twice, pour'
<predicted>: b' You place an eating-bowl before the Anunnaki gods, make a flour/incense-offering, pour oil, honey, beer and wine, and sing: \xe2\x80\x9cO Lord, make beer, make a flour/incense-offering, pour oil, honey, beer and wine,'

<gold>: b' In that (same) year, I built anew Esagil, the palace of the gods, Imgur-Enlil, its (Babylon\xe2\x80\x99s) wall, (and) N\xc4\x93med-Enlil, its (Babylon\xe2\x80\x99s) outer wall, from their (text: \xe2\x80\x9cits\xe2\x80\x9d) foundations to their (text: \xe2\x80\x9cits\xe2\x80\x9d) battlements, and made (them) much bigger than before.'
<predicted>: b' In that year, (re)built Ekur, the palace of the gods, (and) completed its dilapidated parts, from its foundations to its crenellations. I built (and) completed (it) from its foundation(s) to its crenellations.'

<gold>: b' none of them ran away and came to the king, my lord. By the gods of the king, my lord, none of those who have received favours from the son of Yakin has heard anything benevolent from him!'
<predicted>: b' One of the king, my lord, who had not come to the king, my lord, that the gods of the king, my lord, is in the mouth of the son of the king, my lord, in the mouth of the son of Yakin.'

<gold>: b' , and made them take up the first cornerstone. They go from the Gate of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 to the north and then make a turn here. After they have finished these two directions, they will go and lay the limestone wherever we give it.'
<predicted>: b' (and) I carried off the work of the sun and the gate of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1. When they are coming to the right and left of the gate. The house of the b\xc5\xabnu is and they crossed the responsibility.'

<gold>: b' To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant, Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-li\xc5\xa1ir. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk give the king of the lands, my lord, long days, everlasting years, a just sceptre, and an everlasting throne.'
<predicted>: b' To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant, Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-li\xc5\xa1ir. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk give the king of the lands, my lord, long days, everlasting years, a just sceptre, and an everlasting throne.'

<gold>: b' From the beginning, why and for what reason did he do what he did? And the rebels who devised this plot, what fortune did they gain for themselves?'
<predicted>: b' I have made the rest of them, (but) he wrote to him as follows: "Why do you not do the work. They will do anything to me."'

<gold>: b' There is (a tablet) of the merchants (but) the hand is not good. Let it now be (re)written on top of the 300 horses which the king, my lord, ordered, (and) let he king, my lord, give me x horses either from Kapar-... aya or from the town of U... aya.'
<predicted>: b' (As to) the merchants which the king, my lord, said to me, I shall write to three horses in the (king of) horses from the king, my lord. If the king, my lord, said to me, I have not spoken from the town of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' he (Nebuchadnezzar II) brought the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar (back) safely into her (text: \xe2\x80\x9chis\xe2\x80\x9d) inner sanctum, firmly (re)established it, (re)harnessed for her (text: \xe2\x80\x9chim\xe2\x80\x9d) (her) seven lions, the insignia of her (text: \xe2\x80\x9chis\xe2\x80\x9d) divinity, had the unbefitting goddess taken out of Eanna, and returned the goddess Innina (I\xc5\xa1tar) to Eanna, her cella.'
<predicted>: b' For the god I\xc5\xa1tar, his (text\xe2\x80\x99s) temple, who had not submitted to his (own) place(s), and (then) secured its site. I brought the god I\xc5\xa1tar, the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, and in order to save his life.'

<gold>: b' I invited the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Ninurta, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad and I\xc5\xa1tar, Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk, (and) the gods who reside in Nineveh inside it and offered sumptuous pure offerings before them.'
<predicted>: b' The gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, Adad, Adad, Adad, and the (other) great gods, in their steadfast dwelling (and) invited (them) with fire. I offered sumptuous offerings before them and presented (them) with my gifts.'

<gold>: b' (whether) they should set up camp against that city, (and whether) the chief eunuch, and all the men, horses and army at his disposal, will return safely and set foot on Assyrian soil.'
<predicted>: b' (whether) they will attack that city, Amul, (and whether) the magnates and army of horses, together with men, horses, and an army, (and) the army of Assyria?'

<gold>: b' silla, a man loyal to me. Kundib\xe1\xb8\xabal\xc3\xaa, king of the land Katmu\xe1\xb8\xabu, I brought to Assyria (and) in the city Arbela I flayed (him and) draped his skin over the wall of the city'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one who conquered the great gods, my lords, had had constructed in the thick of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, (and) I brought (them) to Assyria.'

<gold>: b' The gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Adad, and I\xc5\xa1tar-kudnittu will listen to the prayers of a later prince when that temple becomes dilapidated and he rebuilds (it). May (the same prince) restore my clay cone to its place.'
<predicted>: b' The gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and Adad will listen to the prayers of a later prince when that temple becomes dilapidated and he rebuilds (it). May (the same prince) restore my clay cone to its place.'

<gold>: b" Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me \xe2\x80\x94 today is an 'evil day,' I shall write (about it) tomorrow. Thinking about these matters today is not good; I shall write tomorrow."
<predicted>: b' Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me, it is this day that I am today for this day, until this day is this day.'

<gold>: b' On my return march, the cities Gatudu, Gatudu again, Daeba, Nadi\xca\xbe, D\xc5\xabr-Amnani, D\xc5\xabr-Amnani again, \xe1\xb8\xaaam\xc4\x81nu, Taraqu, \xe1\xb8\xaaayy\xc5\xabsi,'
<predicted>: b' On my return march, Gatidu (and) Gat (Nasdu) cities (and) D\xc5\xabr-Und\xc4\x81si, the cities D\xc5\xabr-\xe1\xb8\xaaan\xc4\x81ya, (and) Tana, (ii 30) then then took the road to Assyria and (then) they (then) stationed my yoke.'

<gold>: b" To the king, my lord: your servant Akkullanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May I hear (about) the king, my lord's health and well-being in the answer to my letter."
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Akkullanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' Will they conquer the city \xc5\xa0arru-iqbi by their fearfulness? Will the Mannean troops through any ruse of conquering a city drive the forces of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria out of it, and will they capture that city, \xc5\xa0arru-iqbi?'
<predicted>: b' The city \xc5\xa0arru-iqbi, a fortress of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, ... with the troops of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria? Will they capture the city \xc5\xa0arru-iqbi in that city, \xc5\xa0arru-iqbi, and they capture the city \xc5\xa0arru-iqbi, a fortress of the city \xc5\xa0arru-iqbi.'

<gold>: b' Say to the magnates of the king of Assyria, king of the universe, our lord: thus say the sheikhs of Tubulia\xc5\xa1 \xe2\x80\x94 Bel-epu\xc5\xa1, Nab\xc3\xbb-zera-u\xc5\xa1ab\xc5\xa1i, Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1uma-ere\xc5\xa1, Abi-yaqia, Adgi-hinna, Nab\xc3\xbb-u\xc5\xa1allim and Il-yatanu, and the old and the young, servants of the king.'
<predicted>: b" To the magnates of Assyria, king of Assyria, the king of Assyria, the king of the world, my lord, the sheikhs of the chief sheikhs, and Nab\xc3\xbb-zera-u\xc5\xa1ab\xc5\xa1i, Nab\xc3\xbb-zeru-ere\xc5\xa1, and Abi-ya'u, Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1uma-ere\xc5\xa1, and Abi-ya's, servants of Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1umu-ere\xc5\xa1, and Abi-yada-ere\xc5\xa1."

<gold>: b' I argue with him, but he hurls against me twenty or thirty misdeeds which I have neither seen, nor heard, nor known from this household, (and) which he then repeats in arguing with me in the assembly of the servants of the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' He who in his childhood, he was spoken to kill him, saying: "I did not know that I did not know that I did not know to the king, my lord, that I had not been able to me.'

<gold>: b' Last year, when the moon was seen with the sun on the 15th day for 5 (consecutive) months, did Sidon not carry it? Did the city not fall, were its people not chased away? Now, in accordance with this, the cities of the Mannean will be plundered, his people taken in captivity, and he himself will be encircled in his palace until he will be delivered into the hands of the king, my lord.'
<predicted>: b' For the king, my lord, will be seen together with the 15th day. The people of \xe1\xb9\xa2idq\xc3\xa2 (lit. \xe2\x80\x98gods\xe2\x80\x99 shall) carried off its people, and his people was carried off to the king, my lord, and his people had been brought to the king, my lord, and his people had been brought to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' And if he goes to Babylon, let my brother not tarry entering and be not negligent but care for the future and enter Babylon quickly. When he has entered Babylon, he will have set foot on the centre of the lands. And after it, he will achieve his objective.'
<predicted>: b" When I will go to Babylon and in Babylon. Let them quickly send him quickly in Babylon. Let the king, my lord, turn the mouth of the land of Akkad. Let the king, my lord, turn the mouth of the land of Akkad. May the king's his success as he returns in Babylon."

<gold>: b' I continually acted as provider for (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon), (and Borsippa). I made restitution for the wrongful damage suffered by the people of privileged status as many as there were (of them); I restored the exemption (from obligations) of (the city) Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur) and the city \xe1\xb8\xaaarr\xc4\x81n, which had fallen into oblivion in the distant past, and their privileged status that had lapsed.'
<predicted>: b' I continually acted as provider for (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, and Borsippa (and) I made restitution for the wrongful damage suffered by the people of privileged status, as many as there were (of them); I restored the exemption (from obligations) of (the city) Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur) and the city \xe1\xb8\xaaarr\xc4\x81n, which had fallen into oblivion in the distant past, and their privileged status that had lapsed.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the citizens of (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, (and) Borsippa who through no fault of their own had been held captive in them (the fifteen cities), I put an end to their imprisonment and let them see the light (of day). (With regard to) their fields, which long ago, while the land was in disorder, the Sutians had taken away and appropriated for their own, I struck down (those) Sutians, the people of the steppe, with the sword. I (re)assigned to them (the citizens) their territories, (whose boundaries) had been forgotten (and) fallen into disuse during the troubled period in the land. I (re)-established the freedom (from obligations) of (the cities) Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kullab, Kissik, (and) N\xc4\x93med-Laguda. Moreover, I returned their gods that had been carried off as booty to their cult centers and I restored their regular offerings that had been discontinued.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the citizens of (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, (and) Borsippa who through no fault of their own had been held captive in them, ... their ... and ... their gods ...'

<gold>: b' When the god Ninurta, the lord, for eternity sits joyfully on his holy dais in his alluring shrine, may he be truly pleased (and) so command the lengthening of my days, may he proclaim the multiplication of my years, may he love my priesthood, (and) wherever there is battle or wars in which I strive may he cause me to attain my goal.'
<predicted>: b' At that time, the god Ninurta, my lord, I built (and) completed the command of the god Ninurta, my lord, (and) may he make my days as long as the days of my days, (and) may he make my days as long as the days of my days, (and) the well-being of my seed be placed in his (own) life.'

<gold>: b' ... I offered before them ... geese (and) ducks. I appealed to them (the gods) in order to bring about the defeat of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan), descendant of Yak\xc4\xabn, of Chaldean extraction, the (very) image of an evil gall\xc3\xbb-demon; I prayed to them with supplications and entreaties. After I had carried out in full the festival of the great lord, the god Marduk, ...'
<predicted>: b' ... a mountain (... ) I had (it) opened the ... of the land of Sumer and Akkad. I gave him as a gift to Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), the governor of the land of S\xc5\xab\xe1\xb8\xabu and the land of Mari), the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, came to me in a (ritually) pure kiln.'

<gold>: b' (but) not one among them had paid heed to (or) shown interest in the palace inside it, the seat of lordly dwelling whose site had become too small; nor had anyone (of them) conceived of and put his mind towards the straightening of the city\xe2\x80\x99s street(s) and the widening of (its) squares, the dredging of the river, (and) the planting of orchards:'
<predicted>: b' I built (and) completed that palace in its foundations to its parapets (and) whose site had become too small (and) whose mind was too small; (and) whose heart was too small; (and) whose heart was too small; (and) whose heart was too small;'

<gold>: b' Paqaha, the master-builder in charge of the ditch came and had an audience with me, saying: "The king has added to the men working on the ditch but there are no (work) leaders. The governor of Talmusa is not able to direct the men, he said to me as follows:'
<predicted>: b' Paqaha, the master builders, came to me in my presence, saying: "The men of the king sent me to me, saying: "The men of Talm\xc3\xa2 have not yet come to me, so he spoke to him, saying: "The governor of Marad has not yet told me, he said: "The governor has not yet told me this'

<gold>: b" or the Itu'eans and the Elamites, the mounted bowmen, the Hittites, or the Gurreans, or the Arameans, or the Cimmerians, or the Philistines, or the Nubians (and) the Egyptians, or the \xc5\xa0abuqeans,"
<predicted>: b" or the Itu'eans, the Elamites, or the Cilicians, or the people, or the Cilicians, or the people of the Cimmerians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians, or the Egyptians,"

<gold>: b' On this 30th day the moon became visible. The lord of kings will say: "Is the sign not affected?" The moon disappeared on the 27th; the 28th and the 29th it stayed inside the sky, and was seen on the 30th; when (else) should it have been seen? It should stay inside the sky less than 4 days, it never stayed 4 days.'
<predicted>: b' On the 30th day the moon was seen together with the king. The king will say: "The moon does not go on the 29th and 30th, and on the 28th day, it will be seen with the sun. On the 8th day, it will go to the sun. On the 30th day it will be seen with the sun.'

<gold>: b' would I lie to the king, my lord? (Your) gods Bel and Nab\xc3\xbb, who give you confidence, they made him recover! The Lady of Life, your gracious, who gives the king, my lord, long-lasting days, old age, fullness of life, health and vigour, she grasped his hand! He got well thanks to the god and genie of the king, my lord!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant, Bel, the gods who support me, (and) Bel, the gods who support me, (and) the Lady of the king, my lord, and let the king, my lord, give me a life of long days.'

<gold>: b' Strike down bushes in great numbers and ... under ... 400 limestone blocks of three to four cubits (from 1,5 m to 2 m) long which will be transported by carts and put on the slashed bushes should be at hand (at every) direction. You shall cut trees at the centre of the city in great numbers so that the area will become wide (and) the limestone block(s) can be put in place.'
<predicted>: b' The ... of the door-beams in ... , and a stone of three courses of ... , four stone of four stone and a stone, and it it on the altar. They will cut it on the roof of the city, saying: "They will perform the responsibility for the centre of the city, and they shall enter the hewn.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the king of the land Elam, who had come to the aid of the Babylonians, I marched to his land. I surrounded, conquered, plundered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire (his) fortified cities, his treasury, and the small(er) settlements in their environs, as far as the pass of the land B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the king of the land Elam, who had come to the aid of the Babylonians, I marched to his land. I surrounded, conquered, plundered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki, \xe1\xb8\xaaardi\xc5\xa1pu, (and) burned with fire the cities B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki, which is on the shore of the land B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki.'

<gold>: b' On my fourth campaign, I marched to the land B\xc4\xabt-Yak\xc4\xabn. In the course of my campaign, I defeated \xc5\xa0\xc5\xabzubu (Mu\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93zib-Marduk), a Chaldean who lives in the marshes, at the city Bitt\xc5\xabtu. As for him, he became frightened of my weapons, and (then) he fled alone and his (hiding) place could not be found.'
<predicted>: b' On my fourth campaign, I marched to the land B\xc4\xabt-Yak\xc4\xabn. In the course of my campaign, I went to the land B\xc4\xabt-Yak\xc4\xabn. In the course of my campaign, I defeated \xc5\xa0\xc5\xabzubu (Mu\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93zib-Marduk), a Chaldean who lives in the marshes, at the city Birt\xc5\xabtu, which is in the swamps and marshes.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the cities Sais, Mendes, (and) Tanis, which had rebelled (and) sided with Taharqa, I conquered those cities (and) I killed the people living inside them with the sword. I hung their corpses on poles, flayed them, (and) draped the city wall(s with their skins).'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the cities Sarraya, B\xc4\x93nu-\xe1\xb9\xad\xe1\xb9\xad\xe1\xb9\xadi, <and) (and) Tarunu, together with their people, (and) their people, (as well as) the rest of their people, (and) the people living in their environs.'

<gold>: b' (With regard to) Eanna, which \xc5\xa0ulgi, a previous king, had had built and which had become old, (i 20) (with regard to) this temple, whose walls had buckled, whose bondings had disintegrated, <who>se parapet had become ruined, whose foundation had collapsed, (and) whose (re)construction had not occurred to (any of) the kings, (his) predecessors \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' (With regard to) Eanna, which \xc5\xa0ulgi, a king who preceded me had built, whose walls had become old, whose walls had become weak, (and) whose foundation(s) had become weak; I removed its low section(s), (and) laid its foundation(s) to its crenellations.'

<gold>: b' When the king makes sheep offerings before the stars, (he makes them) before A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, before Marduk (Jupiter), before Ma\xc5\xa1ma\xc5\xa1, before I\xc5\xa1tar (Venus), before S\xc3\xaen (Moon), before Nab\xc3\xbb (Mercury), before the Arrow Star (Sirius), before the Yoke Star (Bo\xc3\xb6tes), before Adad (Saturn), before the Wagon Star (Ursa Major), before Gula (Aquarius), before Nergal (Mars), before \xc5\xa0akkan, before the Crooked Sword (Auriga), before the Sons-of-Truth, before \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 (Sun).'
<predicted>: b' When in the presence of the king before the Fendi, at the disposal of the spring before, at the presence of Adad before the presence before S\xc3\xaen in front. before S\xc3\xaen, before S\xc3\xaen, before S\xc3\xaen, before S\xc3\xaen.'

<gold>: b' May a later prince, when that temple becomes dilapidated and he rebuilds (it): As I did not (permanently) remove the monumental inscriptions of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad (I), my forefather, (but) returned (them) to their places, so may he return my monumental inscriptions to their places. (Then) the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the divine Judges will listen to his prayers.'
<predicted>: b' May a later prince, when that temple becomes dilapidated and he restores (it), become dilapidated, restore the monumental inscriptions of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad (I), my forefather, to their places. (Then) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur will listen to his prayers.'

<gold>: b' We shall kill this family who is not willing to go with us, and thereafter we shall go and have an audience with the king, our lord." I sent them a messenger, saying: "If you come quickly, ... "'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "We have been brought to me, so we can come and bring them to the king, our lord.'

<gold>: b' I skillfully made a bed of musukkannu-wood, a durable wood, that is clad with pa\xc5\xa1allu-gold (and) studded with precious stones, as a pleasure bed for the god B\xc4\x93l (Marduk) (and) the goddess B\xc4\x93lt\xc4\xabya (Zarpan\xc4\xabtu) to carry out the wedding (and) to make love. I placed (it) in Ka\xe1\xb8\xabilisu, the bed chamber of the goddess Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, which is laden with sexual charm.'
<predicted>: b' I skillfully made a bed of musukkannu-wood, a durable wood, that is clad with pa\xc5\xa1allu-gold (and) studded with precious stones, as a pleasure bed for the god B\xc4\x93l (Marduk) and the goddess B\xc4\x93lt\xc4\xabya (Zarpan\xc4\xabtu) to carry out the wedding (and) to make love. I placed (it) in Ka\xe1\xb8\xabilisu, the bed chamber of the goddess Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, which is laden with sexual charm.'

<gold>: b' I built a palace of breccia, alabaster, elephant ivory, ebony, boxwood, musukkannu-wood, cedar, cypress, juniper, (and) elammaku-wood, for my lordly residence; then I had a portico, a replica of a Hittite palace, constructed opposite (its) gates.'
<predicted>: b' I built a palace of breccia, alabaster, elephant ivory, ebony, boxwood, musukkannu-wood, cedar, cypress, juniper, (and) elammaku-wood, for my lordly residence; then I had a house with double doors, a replica of a Hittite palace, constructed opposite (its) gates.'

<gold>: b" To the queen mother, my 'lord': your servant, Nergal-\xc5\xa1arrani. Good health to the queen mother, my 'lord.' May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the queen mother, my 'lord.' May Ta\xc5\xa1metu, whom you revere, take your hands. May you see 1,000 years of kingship for Esarhaddon."
<predicted>: b' To the mother of the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-\xc5\xa1arru-\xc5\xa1arrani. Good health to the mother of the king, my lord. May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the mother of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' twelve big loaves of bread made of groats, two kamanu-cakes made with z\xc4\xabzu-onion, a spray of ... , a pail of apples ... , a pail of armannu-fruit, four (loaves of) humbi\xe1\xb9\xa3atu-bread ... , a flagon, an adakurru-vat, five spring lambs, five ducks:'
<predicted>: b' The ... s of the grain, ... , 2 loaves of ... and 2 loaves of ... , two ... of ... , ... , 4 bowls of ... , x pot of ... , 4 bowls of ... , 4 bowls of ... , 4 ditto of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 ditto of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... , 5 loaves of ... ,'

<gold>: b' (As for) Dun\xc4\x81nu (and) Samgunu, sons of B\xc4\x93l-iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a \xe2\x80\x94 Gambulians whose ancestors had harassed the kings, my ancestors, and, moreover, (who) themselves disturbed my exercising the kingship \xe2\x80\x94 I brought them inside Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur) and the city Arbela to praise (me) in the future.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Dun\xc4\x81nu (and) Samgunu, sons of B\xc4\x93l-iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a \xe2\x80\x94 Gambulians whose ancestors had harassed the kings, my ancestors, and, moreover, (who) themselves disturbed my exercising the kingship \xe2\x80\x94 I brought them inside Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur) and the city Arbela to praise (me) in the future.'

<gold>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether, (should) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity, to the position which is written in this papyrus,'
<predicted>: b' I ask you, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, great lord, whether, (should) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur: at that time the terrace of the great New Palace ... which princes earlier had made became dilapidated and I renovated that terrace from top to bottom. I deposited my clay cone.'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-uballi\xe1\xb9\xad, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, son of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of Assyria, a prince who preceded me, had built \xe2\x80\x94 had become dilapidated and old \xe2\x80\x94 I removed (it) from top to bottom. I placed my clay cone.'

<gold>: b' Beside the city, in a botanical garden (one) p\xc4\x81nu (in size and) a garden (one) p\xc4\x81nu (in size) for a game preserve, I gathered every type of aromatic tree of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti, fruit trees of all lands, (and) trees that are the mainstay of the mountains and Chaldea. Upstream of the city, on newly tilled soil, I planted vines, every type of fruit tree, and olive trees.'
<predicted>: b' I planted alongside it (the city) a botanical garden, a replica of Mount Amanus, all kinds of aromatic plants (and) fruit trees, trees that are the mainstay of the mountains and Chaldea, collected inside it. I cut (them) into a mound of ruins (lit. \xe2\x80\x9ca mound of the canal\xe2\x80\x9d), (and) fruit trees (and) made (them) as booty.'

<gold>: b' in lamentation. Fear fell upon them. They opened the treasury of Esagil, sent gold, silver, (and) precious stones as a bribe to the king of the land Elam (Umman-menanu), (and) wrote to him as follows: \xe2\x80\x9cHurry to Babylon and align yourself with us! Let us put our trust in you.\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one ni, the inner sanctum of Esagil (and) the property of Esagil, the palace of Esagil, the utensils of Babylon, and (then) I made (them) an object of wonder to the king of the land Elam.'

<gold>: b' As to what you wrote to me: "I went to Der. Der is a great metropolis whose foundations are as firm as the mass of a mountain... I surrounded and captured that city. The gods dwelling in Der together with their extensive property, the property of the palace ... ,'
<predicted>: b' As to what you wrote to me: "Go to Der, saying: "The city Der, as much as there are on the city Der, as far as the city D\xc4\x93r, as much as there were on the city Der, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much as there are, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much as there are, as much as there are, as much as there were, as much as there are, as much as there were, as much as there are, as much as there were, as much as there are, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much as there are, as much as there were, as much as there are, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much as there were, as much property'

<gold>: b' The king comes out, ... s under ... , and sits down on the couch before the left-hand door. They place a table before the king. One cupbearer steps to the right of the king, places an arzallu-implement before the king, and deploys the ... device. The singer intones, \xe2\x80\x9cAwe-inspiring house.\xe2\x80\x9d They strew salt on the ... device before the standard.'
<predicted>: b' The king stands on the table in ... , and place it on the table. The son of the king will be placed before the king. The son of the king will be placed before the king. The singer intones. The singer intones, \xe2\x80\x9cTo the king\xe2\x80\x99s shoulder.'

<gold>: b' I restored and ... Assyria to ... I built a city ... Inside (it), I founded a palace for my royal residence... I named it ... , set up the weapon of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, therein, (and) settled the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me therein. I imposed upon them tax (and) tribute, (and) considered them as inhabitants of Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' I rebuilt (it) from top to bottom (and) I named it K\xc4\x81r-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. I rebuilt the people of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, therein, (and) settled the people of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, therein, (and) settled the people of (foreign) lands conquered by me therein (and) brought (them) to the people of Assyria.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-nadin-\xc5\xa1umi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May they give long-lasting days, ever-lasting years, happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord! As heaven and earth last for ever, may the name of the king, my lord, last for ever in the land of Assyria!'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant Nab\xc3\xbb-nadin-\xc5\xa1umi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May they give the king, my lord, long days and everlasting years of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I was afraid (and) worried to preform that work (and) I knelt before the gods \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, (and) Marduk, the great judge(s), the gods, my lords. In the diviner\xe2\x80\x99s bowl, trustworthy oracles were established for me, and they had (their response) concerning the (re)building of Babylon (and) the renovation of Esagil written on a liver.'
<predicted>: b' On account of this, when the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, became furious with the gods \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, (and) Marduk, the great gods, my lords. In the diviner\xe2\x80\x99s bowl, the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, became reconciled to me (and) ordered (me) to the (re)building of Babylon.'

<gold>: b' In the corridors that are within the pap\xc4\x81\xe1\xb8\xabu-chambers, I made openings for latticed windows. At their gates, I stationed apotropaic figures of alabaster (and) elephant ivory, whose folded hands hold poppies, who are laden with pride (and) allure, (vi 35) (and) who are filled with exuberance, and (thus) I made (them) an object of wonder.'
<predicted>: b' In the corridors that are within the pap\xc4\x81\xe1\xb8\xabu-chambers, I made openings for latticed windows. At their gates, I stationed apotropaic figures of alabaster (and) elephant ivory, whose folded hands hold poppies, who are laden with pride (and) allure, (and) who are filled with exuberance, and (thus) I made (them) an object of wonder.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the one who destroys an inscribed object bearing my name, the name of Esarhaddon, my father, or (the name of) Sennacherib, my grandfather, (or) does not place (it) with an inscribed object of his (own), may the great gods who reside in heaven and netherworld angrily curse him, overthrow his kingship, (and) make his name (and) seed disappear from the land.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one who destroys an inscribed object bearing the name of Esarhaddon, father of the father of the father who had engendered me, (and) does not place (it) with an inscribed object bearing his name, may the great gods of heaven and netherworld overthrow his kingship (and) make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the land.'

<gold>: b' If at any time in the future, during the reign of some future ruler, this cella falls into disrepair, may (that ruler) repair its dilapidated state! May he write my name with his name! May he anoint with oil an inscription written in my name, make an offering, (and) set (that inscription) with an inscription written in his name! The gods will (then) hear his prayers.'
<predicted>: b' If at any time in the future, during the days of the reign of some future ruler, this cella falls into disrepair and becomes dilapidated, may (that ruler) seek (it) with oil, make an offering, (and) place (it) with an inscribed object bearing his name. The gods will (then) hear his prayers. The gods will (then) hear his prayers.'

<gold>: b' On the 8th of Kislev (IX), on the eve of the 9th day, a messenger of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, the legate of Der, arrived on a passageway horse. (While) the people of Zitta were organizing help, he said: "Go up to the fortified place! The king of Elam is (marching) against you!"'
<predicted>: b' The 8th of Kislev (IX), the 8th day of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, the legate of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, the delegate and the troops, and the troops of Zuti have come to me, saying: "The king of Elam has come to us, saying: "The king of Elam has come to us, saying: "The king of Elam has come to us.'

<gold>: b' In future days, in far-off days, may one of the kings, my descendants, whom the king of the gods, the god Marduk, names to rule the land and the people, read an inscription written in my name, and anoint (it) with oil, make an offering, (and) return (it) to its place. The god Marduk, king of the gods, will (then) hear his prayers.'
<predicted>: b' In the future, may one of the kings, my descendants, whom the king of the gods, the god Marduk, names to rule the land and people, read an inscription written in my name, and (then) anoint (it) with oil, make an offering, (and) return (it) to its place. The god Marduk, king of the gods, will (then) hear his prayers.'

<gold>: b' Within city and household, no one took anything from his neighbor by force. Throughout the entire land, not a single young man committed a crime. A traveler on his own walked in safety on remote road(s). There were no thieves (or) murderers, violent crimes did not occur.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the city, the house, (and) the secret(s) of (my) father who had engendered me had not built (and) whose foundation(s) had become weak; (and) which no (other) person had become too small for (my) eternal dais (and) its superstructure had become too small.'

<gold>: b' Now then he has gone with Ahu-nuri to meet the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should speak kindly with him, and the king, my lord, should give him confidence so he will come and convey the kind words to the people of his country and his brothers.'
<predicted>: b' Now then I am writing to the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, come and speak for the king, my lord, and let the king, my lord, be well. May the king, my lord, be well.'

<gold>: b' Why the same thing again? The crown prince should have come out so I could have seen his face and health; you should have spoken with me and given me orders \xe2\x80\x94 I would then have gone where I had to go, and I would not have said the word to the crown prince.'
<predicted>: b' As to what I said: "We have gone to me, so that can be good with him, let me go and speak with him. I will speak and speak with me.'

<gold>: b' The cities ... an\xc5\xa1u, ... , ... tuarizu, ... , ... nistu, ... , Lupsua, (i 15) ... , Danz\xc4\xabun, ... , ... mezaya, ... , Ezz\xc4\x93da, ... , Bird\xc4\x81\xc5\xa1a (Birdan\xc5\xa1a), ... , Zinia, (i 20) ... , ... \xe1\xb8\xabuli, ... , ... lian\xc5\xa1a, ... , Par\xc4\xabsu, (and) ... \xe2\x80\x94 cities of the lands Enzi, ... , and Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu.'
<predicted>: b' ... this city ... the cities ... , the cities ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the land ... , the land ... , the city ... , the city ... , the land ... , the land ... , the land ... , the city Pizisu, the city ... , the city ... , the city ... , the city Pini...'

<gold>: b' I took the city Elenza\xc5\xa1 as a fortress for that district, (and then) I changed its (former) name and called it K\xc4\x81r-Sennacherib. I settled therein the people of the lands that I had conquered. I placed (it) under the authority of the governor of the city \xe1\xb8\xaaar\xe1\xb8\xabar.'
<predicted>: b' I took the city Elenza\xc5\xa1 as a royal city and a fortress for that district, then I changed its former name and called it K\xc4\x81r-Sennacherib. I settled therein the people of the lands that I had conquered. I placed (it) under the authority of a eunuch of mine, the governor of the city \xe1\xb8\xaaar\xe1\xb8\xabar, and (thus) enlarged my land.'

<gold>: b' If the king commands: "Let the first-come (boats) proceed to take (the barley)", (then) either Balassu or Nadinu should man the boats and water-skin rafts and set out until I have fetched the later ones from Dur-Balihaya.'
<predicted>: b' Let the king say: "Let the king, my lord, send a report to me either or ... , either they will be either in Dur-Harran. Let them give ... , (and) let them take the road to Dur-Harran. Let them come to the city Dur-Harran.'

<gold>: b' Through divination, at the command of the gods \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and Adad, I built the ak\xc4\xabtu-house of the steppe for the qer\xc4\xabtu-festival, which had been forgotten for a long time. I named it Eabbaugga, \xe2\x80\x9cHouse (where) Ti\xc4\x81mat Is Put to Death.\xe2\x80\x9d I named its cella Edubdubabba, \xe2\x80\x9cHouse that Makes the Host of Ti\xc4\x81mat Tremble.\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the ak\xc4\xabtu-house of the temple of the ak\xc4\xabtu-house of the temple of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and the temple of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and the goddess where the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, I conquered that temple (and) temple of the temple of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and (then) I laid (them) up like a mountain.'

<gold>: b" After ... stood by my side, carried out correct procedures for me, constantly answered (danger) in my stead, killed my foes, ... , bound my enemies, captured the enemies of Assyria who had not bowed down to my royal majesty, ... (5') ... , they broke the ... of the assault against me, ... ;"
<predicted>: b' ... he killed ... , saying: "Let me be performed with my troops and ... the enemy who had gone to me, ... the enemy, ... my enemies, ... my enemies, ...'

<gold>: b' I have (now) sent another messenger of mine (with the message): "Let 500 (regular) spearmen come!" My messenger has not yet come back; as soon as comes, I shall write to the king, my lord, whatever news there is.'
<predicted>: b' I have written to the king, my lord, saying: "Let me come to the king, my lord; let the king, my lord, write me, I will send them to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I cut with iron picks a canal straight through mountain and valley, from the border of the city Kisiru to the plain of Nineveh. (Thus) I provided for eternity a regular supply of water from the \xe1\xb8\xaausur River to the plain of Nineveh and I made (it) gush through small canals into the gardens (planted) on newly tilled soil.'
<predicted>: b' I caused the city Ki\xc5\xa1iri, as far as the city Kisiru by the plain of the land Amurru, and I brought (them) as booty. I caused the people of the land Elam (and) made (them) gush through feeder canals into those gardens.'

<gold>: b' (As for) B\xc4\x93l-iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a, whose residence is located twelve leagues distance in the midst of swamps (and) canebrakes, the awe-inspiring terror of my lordship overwhelmed him and unprovoked fear fell upon him. He came before me to serve (me) and (now) he kisses my feet.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) B\xc4\x93l-iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a, whose guard is remote, (and) who had fled in swamps (and) fear of my lordly majesty overwhelmed him and, overwhelmed him and he came to his (own) land(s) to me, before me, and kissed my feet.'

<gold>: b' 1 locking bar for its door which weighs 2 talents of gold; 1 gold door bolt; 1 gold peg; (and) 1 silver key (in the shape of) a divine protectress (who wears) a crown (and) holds the rod and ring \xe2\x80\x94 these (last) four (things) comprised the door fastening, one befitting the shrine, whose weight was 2 talents and 12 minas of gold;'
<predicted>: b' 1 place(s) of the temple of the god S\xc3\xaen, gold, (and) gold were gold with gold, gold, (and) gold with gold, silver, (and) gold, together with silver in their environs.'

<gold>: b' ... puts the funerary offerings in the palms of their hands. The priest offers ... , receives the funerary offerings, and gives water for their hands. He curls a tuft of ... wool, throws it into fire, makes him rise, and ... He places ten kamanu-cakes in a cup before \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, and they make them dance before \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1.'
<predicted>: b' ... When they took ... , they places ... , and places them in ... , and places them in ... , and places them in the presence of the god, and place them in the presence of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, and ... upon them ... before \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 ...'

<gold>: b' (and) all the treasuries are under his supervision: he is the one to open and seal them. He enters the ritual bath house of Bel and Nab\xc3\xbb. (There) twice a year the loins of Marduk are ungirded. All the precious stones and jewelry are under his custody; he does not show them to anybody with him.'
<predicted>: b' They have turned the treasury of the House of God in front of the Assyrian room, (while) he was staying in his presence, and the (other) of the temple of the god Nab\xc3\xbb and the temple of the god Marduk.'

<gold>: b' We prepared all this work that the king performed on the 22nd day and today, and we also wrote the tablets, (while) he did not go near anything because of the picking (of fruit) and harvesting (of grapes).'
<predicted>: b" The king's work, all the 22nd day, and all the 22nd day we have been performed with me. I am now sending him to the king, my lord."

<gold>: b' When ... gladly called (me) by name for ruling over land and the people, the god S\xc3\xaen, the light of heaven and earth, through his auspicious omens, placed in my hands the four quarters (of the world) and (thereby) I returned the gods to their shrines and made (them) reside ...'
<predicted>: b' As for him, inside that city and my heart(s), inside that city and the well-being of his city, and (then) I laid (them) into the city of a eunuch of mine. May the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the great lord, called my sovereignty in order to come to the cities of the king, my lord, in the presence of the god S\xc3\xaen, the great lord, my lord, and (thereby) dwell in the temple of that temple.'

<gold>: b' I turned around (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cI turned the front of my yoke\xe2\x80\x9d) and took the road to the land Ellipi. Before my arrival, Ispab\xc4\x81ra, their king, abandoned his fortified cities (and) his treasury and fled far away. I overwhelmed all of his wide land like a fog. I surrounded, conquered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Mar\xca\xbeubi\xc5\xa1tu (and) Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, together with thirty-four small(er) settlements in their environs.'
<predicted>: b' I turned around (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cI turned the front of my yoke\xe2\x80\x9d) and took the road to the land Ellipi. Before my arrival, Ispab\xc4\x81ra, their king, abandoned his fortified cities (and) his treasury and fled far away. I overwhelmed all of his wide land like a fog. I surrounded, conquered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Mar\xca\xbeubi\xc5\xa1tu (and) Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, together with thirty-four small(er) settlements in their environs.'

<gold>: b' of the king have survived and those who are in the enemy land decide to go back to Assyria from the enemy land, a messenger of the king sets out in advance from the enemy land and comes to his servant; he hears of the well-being of the king, his lord, and his heart is revived under the protection of the king, his lord.'
<predicted>: b' The king whom the king, his lord, will take his back on the enemy country and goes to the enemy country, and whether he goes and goes to the king, his lord. The messenger of the king, his lord, will take his servant, and the messenger of the king, his lord. The king, his lord, will not act.'

<gold>: b' I have received 45 horses of the palace. The emissaries from Egypt, Gaza, Judah, Moab and Ammon entered Calah on the 12th with their tribute. The 24 horses of the (king) of Gaza are with him. The Edomite, Ashdodite and Ekronite'
<predicted>: b' I have received 45 horses of the land of the people of the Mannean Medes, the Ionean, the Moab, and the land Moab, (and) the lands of the land of the land Amurru, (and) they entered the cities of the king of the land Gaza.'

<gold>: b' I am Bel-u\xc5\xa1ezib, your servant, your dog, and one who reveres you. Let ... to Ahhe\xc5\xa1aya! This (kind of) talk is not (on behalf) of the king, my lord. Nobody knows anything of what he is thinking up in his mind. The lady Ta... and NN do not know what is in his heart. Whether he will do good or bad ... is known (only) to him in his heart. Nobody says a word ...'
<predicted>: b' The scribe of Hinanu who has been used to the king, my lord, in the presence of Bel-u\xc5\xa1ezib, a servant of the king, my lord, in the presence of the king, my lord, let the king, my lord, knows that he has not been able to him.'

<gold>: b' In the eponymy of D\xc5\xabr-m\xc4\x81ti-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur I marched to the extensive land \xe1\xb8\xaaanigalbat. N\xc5\xabr-Adad, the Temannu, mustered his troops (and) we drew up in battle formation at the city Pauza at the foot of Mount Ka\xc5\xa1iiari. We fought with one another; I brought about his defeat from the city Pauza to the city Na\xe1\xb9\xa3ipinu (and) destroyed his numerous chariots.'
<predicted>: b' In the eponymy of Dur-Ninurta, to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu, I marched to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu. At the course of my troops, I marched to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu. The troops of the land of the land of the \xc5\xa0ubaru, who marched to me, I brought him (and) brought (them) to Assyria.'

<gold>: b' You truly selected me, Esarhaddon, in the assembly of my older brothers, to put these matters right, and you (are the one) who placed your sweet protection over me, swept away all of my enemies like a flood, killed all of my foes and made me attain my wish, (and), to appease the heart of your great divinity (and) to please your spirit, you entrusted (me) with shepherding Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' As for me, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, the shepherd who reveres you, to the assembly of the assembly of my great divinity for me to exercise the cult mind of the great gods, (and) the one who reveres your great divinity \xe2\x80\x94 (and) the gods who support me, (and) to make the heart of your great divinity (and) to please your spirit, you entrusted me with shepherding Assyria, (and) to make the heart of your great divinity (and) to please your spirit.'

<gold>: b' The seal (impression) that he brought is not made like the seals of the king, my lord. I have in my possession a thousand seal(ed order)s of the king, my lord. I compared it with them, and it was not made like the seal of the king, my lord. I am herewith sending the seal(ed order) to the king, my lord. If it is genuine, let them send me a duplicate of the seal(ed order) which I sent, I will deposit it with him, and he may go where the king, my lord, sent him to.'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the sealed order of the king, my lord, let me read the sealed order of the king, my lord, (and) I have written to the king, my lord. If it is acceptable to the king, my lord, (and) I have written to the king, my lord. If it is acceptable to the king, my lord, let them write to me. I have written to the king, my lord, whatever it is.'

<gold>: b' ... I roared loudly like a storm (and) thundered like the god Adad. By the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, my lord, I blew like the onset of a severe storm against the enemy. With the weapon of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, and my fierce battle array, I turned them back and made them retreat. The massed body of troops ... upon them. \xe1\xb8\xaaumb\xc4\x81n-unda\xc5\xa1a ...'
<predicted>: b' At the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I made the god Adad, the great lord, my lord, I blew like the onset of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord. In the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, my lord, I blew like the onset of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord. In the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I made my battle troops at the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I took the road in pursuit of Tanutamon (and) I marched as far as the city Thebes, his fortified city. (i 45) He saw the assault of my mighty battle array and abandoned the city Thebes; he fled to the city Kipkipi. With the support of the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nergal, and Nusku, I conquered Thebes (and) Heliopolis in their (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cits\xe2\x80\x9d) entirety.'
<predicted>: b' I took the road in pursuit of Tanutamon (and) I marched as far as the city Thebes, his fortified city. He saw the assault of my mighty battle array and took the road to the city Thebes, which is in the midst of the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nusku, (and) Nusku,'

<gold>: b' He who breaks (or) erases my monumental or clay inscriptions, throws (them) into water, burns (them), covers (them) with earth, secretly stores (them) in a Taboo House where they cannot be seen, (who) erases my inscribed name and writes his (own) name, or (who) conceives of anything injurious and puts it into effect to the disadvantage of my monumental inscriptions:'
<predicted>: b' In the uplands of my kings and my monumental inscriptions and my inscriptions, in the territory of the kings, my fathers, renovate (it) with dirt, throws (it) into water, burns (it) with fire, burns (it) with fire, burns (it) with earth, burns (it) with oil, burns (it) with oil, (and) return (it) to its place.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the one who alters an inscribed object bearing my name and does not place (it) with an inscribed object bearing his name and does not write my name with his name, may the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Mullissu, Marduk, Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) Ta\xc5\xa1m\xc4\x93tu not be present for his prayers and not heed his supplications; may they may they curse him angrily and make his name, his offspring, (and) his seed disappear from the land.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one who destroys an inscribed object bearing my name and does not place (it) with an inscribed object bearing his name, may the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Mullissu, Marduk, Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) Ta\xc5\xa1m\xc4\x93tu make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the land.'

<gold>: b" If it is acceptable to the king, my lord, let them send a letter to Nab\xc3\xbb-u\xe1\xb9\xa3alla the prefect, and let me appoint Ia'iru the deputy as village manager there, and Sin-iddina, the major-domo of Adda-hati in Sazan\xc3\xa2, so they will attend to these road stations and fear the king."
<predicted>: b" If it is acceptable to the king, let me send Nab\xc3\xbb-\xe1\xb9\xa3ala'a, the prefect;  accounti-\xe1\xb9\xa3ala'u, the village manager, the village manager, the village manager, the village manager, and the chief manager, the city manager, and in the town of Adad-na'i, the major-domo of Adad-iddina, the commander-in-chief,"

<gold>: b' The Tablet of Destinies, the bond of supreme power, dominion over the gods of heaven and netherworld, sovereignty over the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab and A\xc2\xadnun\xc2\xadna\xc2\xadk\xc5\xab gods, the secret of the heavens and the netherworld, the bond of the cover of the heavens (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cAnu\xe2\x80\x9d) and the netherworld (Ganzer), the lead-rope of mankind, which (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the gods, took in his hand and held at his breast \xe2\x80\x94 a representation of his form, a replica of his proper appearance, is'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one who removes the work of the gods, the god of the gods of heaven and netherworld, the one who fashioned image(s) of the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Anu, and Anu, the gods who support me, and (then) I made (them) shine like a mountain for their place(s).'

<gold>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Ask Bel-na\xe1\xb9\xa3ir, Bel-ipu\xc5\xa1 and (other) Babylonians whom you know" \xe2\x80\x94 I asked them, and they said to me as follows: "An hour after sunrise, the display takes place; an hour and a half after sunrise, the display takes place again. Thereafter your burnt-offering is made; the display ...'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Go to Bel-na\xe1\xb9\xa3ir and Bel-ibni and they told it as follows: "On the day that they (= the gods) are ready, he said: "We have an audience-four.\xe2\x80\x9d The veryth of distant days is full; the day they see the day, and they are the rest of it.'

<gold>: b' Thirty-two statues of kings fashioned from gold, silver, copper, (and) alabaster from inside the cities Susa, Madaktu, (and) \xe1\xb8\xaaur\xc4\x81du, along with a statue of Ummaniga\xc5\xa1 (\xe1\xb8\xaaumban-nika\xc5\xa1 I), son of Umbadar\xc3\xa2, a statue of I\xc5\xa1tar-nan\xe1\xb8\xabundi (\xc5\xa0utur-Na\xe1\xb8\xab\xc5\xabndi II), a statue of \xe1\xb8\xaaallu\xc5\xa1u (\xe1\xb8\xaaallu\xc5\xa1u-In\xc5\xa1u\xc5\xa1inak I), and a statue of the later Tammar\xc4\xabtu, who did obeisance to me by the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar \xe2\x80\x94 I took (them) to Assyria.'
<predicted>: b' Thirty-two statues of kings, silver, gold, copper, (and) alabaster from the city Susa, along with the statue of (the land B\xc4\xabt)-Yak\xc4\xabn (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cson of Yak\xc4\xabn\xe2\x80\x9d), son of Umbadar\xc3\xa2 (\xe1\xb8\xaaumban-\xe1\xb8\xabalta\xc5\xa1 III), son of Umbadar\xc3\xa2, son of Ummanalda\xc5\xa1u (\xe1\xb8\xaaumban-\xe1\xb8\xabalta\xc5\xa1 III), son of Umbadar\xc3\xa2, the statue of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lords \xe2\x80\x94 (and) I placed (them) to Assyria.'

<gold>: b' With the strength of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered 89 fortified cities, fortresses of Chaldea, and 820 small(er) settlements in their environs. I brought out the auxiliary forces of the Arameans and Chaldeans who were in Uruk, Nippur, Kish, \xe1\xb8\xaaursagkalama, (and) Cutha, together with the guilty citizens, and I counted (them) as booty.'
<predicted>: b' With the strength of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered 89 fortified cities, fortresses of Chaldea, and 820 small(er) settlements in their environs. I brought out the auxiliary forces of the Arameans (and) Chaldeans who were in Uruk, Nippur, Kish, \xe1\xb8\xaaursagkalama, (and) Cutha, together with the guilty citizens, and I counted (them) as booty.'

<gold>: b' By the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, father of the gods, and the goddess Mullissu, the queen, may I spend a long time (and) attain very old age in that palace in good health, happiness, and contentment. May my descendants be established therein forever, into the distant future. May the \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93du-spirit(s) who protect life, the god(s) who preserve well-being day and night, never leave it.'
<predicted>: b' By the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, father of the gods, and the goddess Mullissu, the queen, may the good \xc5\xa1\xc4\x93du (and) the good lamassu last forever and ever in that palace. May they never leave it.'

<gold>: b' Before the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) Marduk, the gods of Assyria, the gods who live in heaven and netherworld, he made them swear their solemn oath(s) concerning the safe-guarding of my succession. (i 20) In a favorable month, on a propitious day, in accordance with their sublime command, I joyfully entered the House of Succession, an awe-inspiring place within which the appointing to kingship (takes place).'
<predicted>: b' At the command of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) Marduk, the gods of Assyria, the gods who support me, (and) the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, and Marduk, the gods who support me, as many as there were, in the House of Succession, a place on the throne, (and) the protection of his royal majesty, (and) the protection of his royal majesty, (and) the protection of his royal majesty,'

<gold>: b' ... the cities Ku\xc5\xa1iana\xc5\xa1, \xe1\xb8\xaaar\xc5\xa1u, \xc5\xa0ana\xc5\xa1tiku, K<<unk>>itara, \xe1\xb8\xaaar<<unk>>, Ayubak, ... They (the enemy) took to a high mountain peak in the mountainous terrain of Mount \xe1\xb8\xaaali\xe1\xb8\xabadri. I pursued them and defeated them... I burned with fire the ... of the people (... ) who entered the ravines of the mountains. I surrounded (and) captured the city Uz\xe1\xb8\xabari of the land B\xc4\xabt-Zatti.'
<predicted>: b' I conquered the cities ... , Kais, \xc5\xa0a-na\xca\xbea, \xc5\xa0a-Kapsi, (and) \xc5\xa0a-na\xca\xbea, cities of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu, ... , the cities Hamath, (and) burned with fire the cities Mar\xca\xbe\xc3\xa2 (and) Akkuddu, (and) defeated the land B\xc4\xabt-Yak\xc4\xabn, which is on the border of the land B\xc4\xabt-Sangib\xc5\xabti, which is on the border of the land B\xc4\xabt-Sangib\xc5\xabti, which is in the mountains.'

<gold>: b' I roofed them with magnificent beams of cedar grown on Mount Amanus, the holy mountain. I fastened bands of bright copper on doors of white cedar and I installed (them) in their gates. I had magnificent bull colossi fashioned from white limestone that was discovered in the territory of the city Bal\xc4\x81\xe1\xb9\xad\xc4\x81ya and on the right and left I made (them) hold their door bolts.'
<predicted>: b' I roofed them (the palatial halls) with beams of cedar (and) cypress. I fastened bands of bright copper on doors of white cedar and I installed (them) in their gates.'

<gold>: b' ... and should he send them to collect a tribute of horses? Should they take the road and go to Sikri\xc5\xa1, to ... , to Kukkub\xc3\xa2, to the land Tuaiadi, to ... , to the city UDpani, to the city Ramadani, and as far as the land Arr\xc3\xae? Will they collect a tribute of horses?'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the tribute of the tribute of the land of the extensive horses to the land of Mount Simi to Mount ... to Mount Sil and to Mount Tau\xc5\xa1 to the land of ... , and I will (it) to the land of the extensive land.'

<gold>: b' the horses.'
<predicted>: b' Perhaps he is coming to the king, our lord, saying: "If the king, my lord, will say: "The king, my lord, will say (about me), and let the king, my lord, give me the orders of the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' (With regard to) Eanna, which \xc5\xa0ulgi, a previous king, had had built and which had become old, and (with regard to) the shrine of the god Ningizzida, which Anam, an earlier king, had had constructed inside it, (with regard to) this temple, whose walls had buckled and whose bondings had disintegrated, whose parapet had collapsed and which had become unrecognizable, (and) whose reconstruction had not occurred to the kings, (his) predecessors,'
<predicted>: b' At that time, (with regard to) the temple of the god S\xc3\xaen, the king of the gods, and the temple of the goddess Ningal, which a former king had built, had become old and (who) had built, had become old and old. I removed its (original) emplacement (and) repaired its foundation(s) to its crenellations.'

<gold>: b' At that time I marched to the land \xc5\xa0arnida, the land Me\xe1\xb8\xabru. By means of the army of the land of the Qutu, which the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods had allotted to me, I cut down mighty beams of the land Me\xe1\xb8\xabru (and) brought (them) to my city, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. I buttressed my lordly palace which I love with those beams from the land Me\xe1\xb8\xabru.'
<predicted>: b' At that time I marched to the land \xc5\xa0arnida (and) the land Me\xe1\xb8\xabru. By means of the army of the land of the Qutu, which A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods, my lords, I mustered my chariotry (and) the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great gods, my lords, forever.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the audience gift of the month Kanun (X) about which the king, my lord, wrote: "You are to bring me two horses, two bulls, 20 sheep, and 20 jugs (of wine)" \xe2\x80\x94 the letter arrived only on the 3rd of Shebat (XI); when can they possibly (deliver it)? Moreover, the king knows that the bulls of this country are very small. Would I not know (the size of) the bulls (given as) audience gift to the house of my lords?'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, I have received 200 horses of the king, my lord, 20 oxen and 20 oxen, 20 sheep and 20 oxen, the 3rd of Shebat (XI) and the 3rd of Shebat (XI) and the threerd of Shebat (XI). The king, my lord, wrote to me, I have (now) brought to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' at the prompting of my own heart, and according to my own counsel I planned to do him good, and decreed a gift for him. The fields, orchards and people which he had acquired under my protection and made his own estate, I exempted (from taxes), wrote down and sealed with my royal seal; I gave them to Bal\xe1\xb9\xadaya, chief of the fodder supplies, who reverences my kingship.'
<predicted>: b' I am now writing to him. I have built for my own counsel. I placed a house for him, and (then) I gave (them) to my royal seal. I made the people of the land of the commander-in-chief \xe2\x80\x94 I took my royal seal and I gave (them) to Bal\xe1\xb9\xad\xc3\xa2, the king, my lord. The king, my lord, has given (this).'

<gold>: b' shall place x minas of refined silver (and) one mina of pure gold in the lap of I\xc5\xa1tar residing in Nineveh, shall dedicate a bow (weighing) a talent of copper to Inurta residing in Calah, shall burn either his first born son or his eldest daughter with one homer of fine incense for Belat-\xe1\xb9\xa3eri, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'
<predicted>: b' shall place x minas of refined silver (and) one mina of pure gold in the lap of I\xc5\xa1tar residing in Nineveh, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b' marvelous shepherd, fearless in battle, mighty flood-tide which has no opponent, the king who subdues those insubordinate (to him), he who rules all peoples, the king who acts with the support of the great gods, his lords, and has conquered all lands, gained dominion over all the highlands and received their tribute, capturer of hostages,'
<predicted>: b' The shepherds of the shepherd who could not fear the shepherds of the (four) quarters (of the world) bow down at his feet, the king who subdued (the people of) the people of the (four) quarters (of the world) bow down at his feet, the one who conquered the great gods, (and) who had not bowed down to the yoke of the kings, my ancestors.'

<gold>: b' So that the construction of my palace might be carried out correctly and that my handiwork be completed, at that time, the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar revealed to me the presence of white limestone in the city Bal\xc4\x81\xe1\xb9\xad\xc4\x81ya. (vi 25) Therein, I quarried mighty mountain sheep colossi, sphinxes, and large stone slabs for the gates of my lordly palace.'
<predicted>: b' So that the construction of my palace might be carried out correctly and that my handiwork be completed, at that time, the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, who love my priestly service (and) who selected me (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cwho called my name\xe2\x80\x9d), revealed to me a source of white limestone from the city Bal\xc4\x81\xe1\xb9\xad\xc4\x81ya.'

<gold>: b" If N\xc4\x93beru rises and the gods get peace: confused (things) will be made bright, blurred (things) will clear; rains and floods will come; the harvest-time grass will last until winter, the winter grass until harvest time; all lands will dwell in quiet; enemy kings will be reconciled; the gods will accept sacrifices, listen to prayers; they will keep answering the diviner's queries."
<predicted>: b' If N\xc4\x93beru rises: the gods will have mercy; the gods will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; rains and floods will come; the gods will remember the winter; the king will reach the highest rank; the gods will have mercy upon the land; the king will abandon the highest rank.'

<gold>: b' valiant man who marched with the support of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, his lord, from the other side of the Lower Zab, the district of the land of the Lullumu, the lands \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu (and) Zamua, as far as the passes of the land Namru and subdued the land of the extensive Qum\xc4\x81nu as far as the lands Me\xe1\xb8\xabru, Salua, and Ura\xe1\xb9\xadru. I marched to the land'
<predicted>: b' the valiant man of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, his lord, took the support of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, his lord, (and) the entire land of the Lullumu, the entire land of Zamua, (and) the land Zamua, (and) the land Uiri, as far as the land Me\xe1\xb8\xabru, the lands Me\xe1\xb8\xabru (and) \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu, (which are) fortresses of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia).'

<gold>: b' I fastened bands of gold on doors of cypress, whose fragrance is sweet, and installed (them) in its gates. I overlaid the cella of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, with gold (and) set up side by side la\xe1\xb8\xabmu-monsters (and) kur\xc4\xabbu-genii (made) of red \xe1\xb9\xa3\xc4\x81riru-gold. I set up golden statues of creatures from the aps\xc3\xbb on the right and left of the chapel of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, (and) I covered (its) walls with gold as if (it were) plaster.'
<predicted>: b' I fastened bands of gold (and) cypress. I fastened band(s) of gold on doors of cypress (and) cypress, and installed (them) in its gates. I had the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, my lord, (and) I placed (them) in the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord. I placed (it) in the rooms of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord. I placed (it) in the rooms of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord. (Thus) I had (them) dragged in the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord.'

<gold>: b' At the beginning of my kingship, in my first year, when the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the gods, kindly placed me on the throne of my father, the god Anu granted me his crown, the god Enlil his throne, the god Ninurta his weapon, (and) the god Nergal his awesome splendor, good signs were established for me in heaven and on earth concerning the refurbishing of the gods and the (re)building of shrines.'
<predicted>: b' At the beginning of my kingship, in my first regnal year, the king of the gods, placed on the throne of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) Anu, the gods who support me, (and) the gods Ninurta (and) Nergal, the gods who support me, made the gods Ninurta (and) Nergal, who set out the throne of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) Nergal, who had encouraged me.'

<gold>: b' Ashurnasirpal, king of Assyria, great king, strong king, unrivalled king of the world, king of all the four quarters, sun(god) of all people, strong king, chosen of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, trampler of all (his) enemies, who breaks open high mountains the distant regions of which no one had ever traversed, strong male who treads upon the necks of his foes, who destroys his enemies, who destroys the fortifications of his enemies,'
<predicted>: b' Ashurnasirpal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all the four quarters, sun(god) of all people, ruler of all lands, the king (who is the) desired object of the gods, chosen of the god Enlil, trustworthy appointee of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, attentive prince, who has seen remote and rugged regions, who has trodden upon the mountain peaks in all the highlands,'

<gold>: b" In order to save his life, he (Ra\xe1\xb8\xabi\xc4\x81nu) fled alone and entered the gate of his city like a mongoose. (10') I impaled his foremost men alive while making (the people of) his land watch. For forty-five days I set up my camp around his city and confined him (there) like a bird in a cage. I cut down his plantations,"
<predicted>: b' He, in order to save his (own) life, he fled and took away from him, and (then) I took (them) to the city (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cof\xe2\x80\x9d) gate\xe2\x80\x9d) and (then) I made (them) take the road to his city, (and) made (them) as booty. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned (it) with fire.'

<gold>: b' I found out the will of the gods \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 (and) Adad and they answered me with a firm \xe2\x80\x98yes,\xe2\x80\x99 and (then) the gods \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and Adad commanded that that gate be opened towards the rising sun, facing east. At that time, I made several breaches in the wall, and (then) I opened a new gate towards (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, towards the east, and named it \xe2\x80\x9cThe Royal Gate.\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' I had given to the gods \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, (and) Adad, who had encouraged me like a firm \xe2\x80\x98yes\xe2\x80\x99 and (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 had given to me (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the gods \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1 and Adad, Adad, and the (other) gods who dwell in the gate of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the great lord, and (thus) I gave them to its place.'

<gold>: b' Right now I am personally bringing in the monsters; but the bed is on the river and will stay in the boat for tonight. We shall also spend the night on the river and keep watch over it, until the king, our lord, sends me instructions. Let him give orders to a messenger, and let the messenger come straight away. I will wait for him, and (then) bring the bed in.'
<predicted>: b' Now then I am bringing him to the king, my lord, let them send them to the river, until we will send it to the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, send a messenger to them, and let the king, my lord, send him orders.'

<gold>: b' In the month Sim\xc4\x81nu, the fifteenth day, eponymy of Ina-il\xc4\xabya-allak, I marched to the assistance of the city Kummu. I made sacrifices before the god Adad of the city Kummu, my lord. I burnt the cities of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu, enemies of the city Kummu. I reaped the harvest of his land (and) imposed upon them stringent taxes and dues.'
<predicted>: b' In the month Sivan (III) of the month Sivan (III), my lord, I went to the aid of the city Kummu, which is on the shore of the city Kumme, I marched to the yoke of the god Adad of the city Kumme, which is in the city Kummu, the city Kummu, which is in the midst of the city Kummu. I imposed upon them tribute (and) tribute (and) imposed upon them tax (and) imposed upon them tribute and impost.'

<gold>: b' arrived in the Inner City, I asked them: "Where are the distant logs?" They said: "Opposite the city of Ariawate. The logs which we towed last year from the town of Sapirrutu in the district of the Governor opposite Zah\xc3\xaa arrived in Nineveh in Adar (XII)."'
<predicted>: b' I asked them to the house of the Inner City, and told them: "We have told them: "We will bring the beams of the governor of Arrapha? We shall give them to the Palace of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor of the governor:'

<gold>: b' O Marduk, (my) lord, joyfully look upon my good deeds and by your exalted command, which cannot be altered, may (this) construction, my handiwork, stay in good repair for ever. Like the bricks of Etemenanki, which are firmly in place for eternity, firmly secure the foundation(s) of my throne until the distant future.'
<predicted>: b' The god Marduk, my lord, made my good deeds (and) with my progeny so that he (the god Marduk) constantly sent me his omen(s) to the god Marduk, my lord. In the beginning of my reign, the god Marduk, my lord, (and) the deeds of my throne, (and) the well-being of my offspring be placed in their (the gods\xe2\x80\x99) mouths.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the one who alters my inscribed object (and) disrespects my words, who does unkind things to ... and their offspring, may (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the gods, and the great gods of heaven and netherworld curse him with a harsh, irreversible curse, and may they overthrow his kingship, deprive him of his life, (and) make his name, his seed, his offspring, and his progeny disappear in all lands.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one who alters my inscribed object (and) disrespects my words, may (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the gods, and the great gods of heaven and netherworld curse him with an indissoluble, may he curse his kingship (and) his seed from the land.'

<gold>: b' By the command of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) Adad, the great gods, my lords, ... in pursuit of the Arameans, which twice in one year I crossed the Euphrates. The Sutu, Naa... who live at the foot of Mount Lebanon ... in rafts (made of inflated) goatskins I crossed the Euphrates. I conquered the city ... which (is) (on the opposite bank of the Euphrates), on the River Saggurru. At that time the region of the A\xe1\xb8\xablamu which ... numerous ...'
<predicted>: b' By the command of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Adad, (and) Adad ... I crossed the Euphrates. I crossed the Euphrates. I crossed the Euphrates (and) ... the entire land of the Tigris, ... , ... the Euphrates, ... , ... the Euphrates, ...'

<gold>: b' (As for) Dun\xc4\x81nu, the son of B\xc4\x93l-iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a, a Gambulian who cast off the yoke of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) relied upon the land Elam, I conquered the city \xc5\xa0a-p\xc4\xab-B\xc4\x93l, the city upon which he relies, whose location is situated between rivers. I captured him alive (and) I took (him back) to Assyria with substantial booty from his land.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Dun\xc4\x81nu, son of B\xc4\x93l-iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a, a Gambulian who had put his trust in the land Elam, which is in the midst of the land Elam. I conquered the city \xc5\xa0a-p\xc4\xab-B\xc4\x93l, his fortified city, (and) which is in the midst of the land Elam. I conquered the city \xc5\xa0a-p\xc4\xab-B\xc4\x93l, his fortified city, (and) took (them) to Assyria.'

<gold>: b' The money is paid completely. That house (and) land are purchased and acquired. Whoever in the future, at any time, transgresses, whether Zabayu or his sons, shall place one mina of silver and two minas of gold in the lap of I\xc5\xa1tar residing in Arbela, and shall return the money tenfold to its owners.'
<predicted>: b' The money is paid completely. That house is purchased and acquired. Any revocation or litigation, shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. The gods shall return the money tenfold to its owners. He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed.'

<gold>: b" He brought before me (his) daughter, his own offspring, and the daughter(s) of his brothers to serve as housekeepers. He brought his son, who had never crossed the sea, to do obeisance to me. (iii 35') I received from him his daughter and the daughter(s) of his brothers, together with a large marriage gift. I had mercy on him and (then) I gave (his) son, his offspring, back to him."
<predicted>: b' He brought before me (his) daughter, his own offspring, and the daughter(s) of his brothers to serve as housekeepers. He brought his son, who had never crossed the sea, to do obeisance to me. I received from him his daughter and the daughter of his brothers, together with a large marriage gift. I had mercy on him and (then) I gave (his) son, his offspring, back to him.'

<gold>: b' That Elamite, whose cities I had conquered and turned into ruins during a previous campaign to the land Elam, (v 40) accepted the bribe from them without thinking, then gathered his troops (and) his forces, inspected (his) chariots (and) wagons, (and) checked his teams (of) horses (and) mules.'
<predicted>: b' He, his army, who had fled to the aid of the land Elam, which is in the midst of the land of the land Elam. I brought him (his) chariots, his own offspring, (and) the archers, wagons, (and) mules (i 25) (and) wagons, wagons, horses, (and) mules that he had abandoned (his) chariots, his own offspring, (and) the wagons, wagons, horses, mules, (and) mules that he had abandoned in the thick of battle.'

<gold>: b" When the people of Uruk saw those men who had committed a crime against the king in Uruk, they wrote to us, and we wrote to the king about what they said. Now then we have brought the criminals and the witnesses into the king's presence. If it is agreeable to the king, let the king question them."
<predicted>: b' The men who were guilty in Uruk and sent them to the king, my lord. When the king were sent to us, I have sent them to the king, our lord. The king should not listen to the king, our lord. The king should not listen to the king.'

<gold>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-Nab\xc3\xbb. Good health to the king, my lord. May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Sin, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Bel, Zarpanitu, Nab\xc3\xbb, Ta\xc5\xa1metu, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, and I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela \xe2\x80\x94 these great gods who love your kingship \xe2\x80\x94 allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. May they grant the king, my lord, the satisfaction of old age, extreme old age.'
<predicted>: b' To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-Nab\xc3\xbb. Good health to the king, my lord. May A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Sin, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Bel, Zarpanitu, Nab\xc3\xbb, Ta\xc5\xa1metu, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, and I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela \xe2\x80\x94 these great gods who love your kingship \xe2\x80\x94 allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. May they grant the king, my lord, the satisfaction of old age, extreme old age.'

<gold>: b' He, Maniye, heard about the advance of my expeditionary force, and (then) he abandoned the city Ukku, his royal city, and fled afar. I entered his palace and carried off every kind of possession (and) property, (which were) without number, his substantial treasure. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire his cities, and made (them) like ruin hill(s) (created by) the Deluge.'
<predicted>: b' He, Maniye, heard about the advance of my expeditionary force, then he abandoned the city Ukku, his royal city, and fled afar. I entered his palace and, in order to save (me) into the midst of his city, and fled (and) counted (them) as booty. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire his cities.'

<gold>: b' Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "What objects has A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-taqqin made and placed there? Write it down and send it to me" \xe2\x80\x94 a breast part for \xc5\xa0idada, its weight being half a mina of gold, and one cup of \'hand water,\' its weight being one mina of gold. These are the objects that he has made, and there is a written document by A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-taqqin on them.'
<predicted>: b' As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "What is A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-taqqin has done in the treaty, and it is favourable in the same way to the treaty of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-taqqin. The first mina of gold belonging to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-taqqin, and a mina of gold belonging to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-taqqin.'

<gold>: b' From Hunnur to Bubilu it is x stages, from Bubilu to Madaktu one stage, from Madaktu to Malakka ... , from Malak to Bit-Bunakki x stages, and from Bit-Bunakki to me three stages.'
<predicted>: b' From \xe1\xb8\xaaununu as far as Bullu\xe1\xb9\xadu, from the city Bubilu, from Bubilu, from the city Madaktu, from the city Madaktu, from the city Madaktu, from Bit-Bunanate as far as Bit-Bunakki, as far as Bit-bniti as far as Bit-Bunakki.'

<gold>: b' The king, my lord, knows if I am negligent or a do-nothing. Let the king, my lord, have a look at the ... of Nikkur, Tizu, Kiguhtu and Kizahasi, (all) fortresses situated on the enemy border and abandoned: If I have revived one of them, is it a crime? The king will punish me accordingly.'
<predicted>: b' The king, my lord, knows that I do not know the city Thebes, which is on the road of the city of Tuzisi, a fortress in the city Kipazu, the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should know (this).'

<gold>: b' The former palace, which was 360 cubits long, 80 cubits wide opposite the zam\xc3\xbb-wall of the ziggurrat, (v 50) 134 cubits wide opposite the tower of the temple of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, (and) 95 cubits wide opposite the tower of the B\xc4\xabt-Kidmuri; which earlier kings, my ancestors, had had constructed for their lordly dwelling, but whose construction they had carried out inexpertly:'
<predicted>: b' The former palace, which was 360 cubits long opposite the zam\xc3\xbb-wall of the ziggurrat, 80 cubits wide opposite the zam\xc3\xbb-wall of the ziggurrat, 13 cubits wide opposite the tower of the temple of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, which earlier kings, my ancestors, had had constructed for their lordly dwelling, but which earlier kings, my ancestors, had had constructed for their lordly dwelling, but whose construction they had carried out inexpertly:'

<gold>: b" , \xe1\xb8\xaaara\xca\xbe, (ix 15'') B\xc4\xabt-Imb\xc3\xae, Madaktu, Susa, Bub\xc3\xaa, Kapar-Marduk-\xc5\xa1arr\xc4\x81ni, Urdalika, Algariga, T\xc5\xabbu, Dun-\xc5\xa1arri, D\xc5\xabr-Und\xc4\x81si, (ix 20'') D\xc5\xabr-Und\xc4\x81si again, Bubilu, Samunu, B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki,"
<predicted>: b' The cities \xe1\xb8\xaar\xc3\xa2, B\xc4\xabt-Imb\xc3\xae, Madaktu, B\xc4\xabt-A\xe1\xb8\xabrabi, Bu\xc2\xad\xc5\xa1a-\xc5\xa1arri, Dimtu-\xc5\xa1a-Sul\xc4\x81ya, Dimtu-\xc5\xa1a-M\xc4\x81r-b\xc4\xabti, B\xc4\xabt-Ubiya, (and) D\xc5\xabr-Und\xc4\x81si, the city D\xc5\xabr-Und\xc4\x81si, B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki, B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki, B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki, B\xc4\xabt-Un\xe1\xb9\xa3i, D\xc5\xabr-Un\xe1\xb9\xa3i, D\xc5\xabr-Un\xe1\xb9\xa3i, D\xc5\xabr-Un\xe1\xb9\xa3i, D\xc5\xabr-Un\xe1\xb9\xa3i, D\xc5\xabr-Un\xe1\xb9\xa3i, D\xc5\xabr-Unakki, D\xc5\xabr-Un\xe1\xb9\xa3i, D\xc5\xabr-Un\xe1\xb9\xa3i, D\xc5\xabr-Bunaki, B\xc4\xabt-Bunaki,'

<gold>: b' The mayor of the town and the commander of the scouts have been appointed my officials over them. Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Let the commander of the scouts appoint ... s over them?/!" The king, my lord ...'
<predicted>: b' The mayor of the chief official has gone to me, saying: the king, my lord, will say: "You are my official in them. The king, my lord, should say (about them).'

<gold>: b" The people living in it (the city Qirbit) trusted in their rugged mountains and did not respect the dominion of Assyria. (As for) Tand\xc4\x81ya \xe2\x80\x94 their city ruler who, to the kings, my ancestors, had never bowed down to (their) yoke \xe2\x80\x94 (his) heart was proud, ... They spoke ... and they were constantly plundering ... donkeys, oxen, ... in the steppe. (v 10') They laid waste to its pasture land. They ... the district of Yamutbal (and) flattened all of its settlements. With regard to these deeds, the citizens of D\xc4\x93r appealed to me (and) beseeched my lordly majesty."
<predicted>: b' (As for) the people who were upon them, they were constantly plundering their lordship(s) to the kings, my ancestors, and the people of Assyria, who had not bowed down to the yoke of the kings, my ancestors, and the people of Assyria, ... who had not bowed down to the yoke of the kings, my ancestors, they carried (them) down to me.'

<gold>: b' As to this governor of yours about whom you wrote: "... " \xe2\x80\x94 he is (my) governor! When he heard that the ... was vacant, he disappeared, saying: \'Let me go and grasp the feet of the king of Assyria.\' So he did, and once in Assyria I appointed this person as commander-in-chief ... Don\'t eunuchs die in the harem every day? The one who ... rebelled against you did not succeed ... You enthroned the son of Inurta-belu-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur in his place and turned ... into ... In return, I am going to enthrone this one ...'
<predicted>: b' As to this governors about whom you wrote to me, saying: "The governor of Nippur is saying: \'I will be ... , saying: "The people of the king of Assyria has been left in Assyria, saying: "The people of the king who had fled to the Assyrian Bit-Bel ... , he did not go up to ... , saying: "I will not ... , and they will not go and take them in the land of your protection.'

<gold>: b' NN, the prelate of Dur-\xc5\xa0arrukku, daily sends his messenger to the king of Babylon. In Nisan (I), the messenger of the king of Babylon came to him. He slaughtered a bull in his presence (and) carried off Humhum, saying: "Safekeeping for the king, my lord!" He opened the seal(ed storehouse) of Humhum, which Kitru\xc5\xa1u had sealedwith the signet ring of Esarhaddon, and sent one talent twenty minas of gold (and) one talent of gold alloy to the king of Babylon with the messenger.'
<predicted>: b' The messenger of his messenger ... , has sent his messenger to the king of Babylon. He has sent his messenger to the king of Babylon. He has sent his messenger to the king of Babylon. He has sent his messenger to the king of Babylon. He has sent his messenger to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' We spoke many words with them, but some 10 powerful men refuse to come out and speak with us; they keep sending (messages) to us. We told them: \xe2\x80\x9cOpen the city-gate, so we can enter Babylon.\xe2\x80\x9d They refused, saying: "If we let you enter Babylon, what can I say to the king, when the king himself comes?" They will open the gate (only) when the king comes, and they do not believe that the king will come.'
<predicted>: b' When they come to Babylon, saying: "The men were men, men, men were not many men, but they did not go to Babylon. If they they come to Babylon, saying: "Come and speak to the king, they will write them to Babylon. We shall not get watch to Babylon, saying: "We will come to Babylon and we shall speak to Babylon and we will come to Babylon.'

<gold>: b" At that time in the sacred area of my city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (which stretches) from the ziggurrat of the god Adad my lord to the Craftsman's Gate, on the north side, extensive house-plots, much terrain ... I cleared away ... those ... I cleared away (and) fifty mu\xc5\xa1aru straight down its foundation pit I reached bedrock. In a style appropriate for my city I erected (the foundation) x layers of brick high with limestone and brick. The former ... I completed (it) from top to bottom and deposited my monumental inscription."
<predicted>: b' At that time I delineated in the sacred area of my city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, in top to bottom. I laid its foundations to the gates of the god Adad, my lord. (Thus) I built (and) completed that temple from top to bottom. I laid its foundations with limestone in bedrock and ...'

<gold>: b' Iauta\xca\xbe, son of Hazael, the king of the land Qedar who does obeisance to me, approached me about his gods and implored my lordly majesty. I made him swear an oath by the great gods and (then) I gave the god Atar-samayin back to him. (x 1) Afterwards, he sinned against my treaty, did not respect my kindness, and cast off the yoke of my lordship. He refrained from inquiring about my well-being and withheld audience gift(s) from me. He incited the people of the land of the Arabs to rebel with him and they were repeatedly plundering the land Amurru.'
<predicted>: b' Iauta\xca\xbe, son of Hazael, the king of the land Qedar who does obeisance to me, approached me about his gods and implored my royal majesty. (As for) his gods, (and) who had pity on the border of the land of the Arabs and came to me, Hazael, the king of the land Qedar, who had come to his aid, and (then) I gave my messenger to (re)build (it).'

<gold>: b' B\xc4\x93l-\xe1\xb8\xaaarr\xc4\x81n-b\xc4\x93l\xc4\xab-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur, palace herald of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria, worshipper of the great gods \xe2\x80\x94 these mighty lords gave me instructions and at their exalted command and with their firm assent I set out to build a city in the desert, in the wasteland, (and) completed it from top to bottom. I constructed a temple and founded therein a shrine for the great gods. I laid its foundation as firm as the mass of a mountain (and) established its base for eternity. I made it known among the people that its name was (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cI named it in the mouth of the people\xe2\x80\x9d) B\xc4\x93l-\xe1\xb8\xaaarr\xc4\x81n-b\xc4\x93l\xc4\xab-u\xe1\xb9\xa3ur and made a good road to it.'
<predicted>: b' Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria, the palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), king of the world, king of Assyria, the one who fashioned image(s) of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods, my lords, (and) the one who built (and) completed that city in its entirety (and) I named its foundations to its crenellations. I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations.'

<gold>: b' I continually acted as provider for (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, and Borsippa (and) I made restitution for the wrongful damage suffered by the people of privileged status, as many as there were (of them); I (re)-established the \xc5\xa1ubarr\xc3\xbb-privileges of (the cities) D\xc4\x93r, Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kullaba, Kissik, (and) N\xc4\x93med-Laguda and gave relief to their people. I restored the exemption (from obligations) of (the city) Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur) and the city \xe1\xb8\xaaarr\xc4\x81n, which had fallen into oblivion in the distant past, and their privileged status that had lapsed.'
<predicted>: b' I continually acted as provider for (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, and Borsippa (and) I made restitution for the wrongful damage suffered by the people of privileged status, as many as there were (of them); I restored the exemption (from obligations) of (the city) Baltil (A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur) and the city \xe1\xb8\xaaarr\xc4\x81n, which had fallen into oblivion in the distant past, and their privileged status that had lapsed.'

<gold>: b' (who) became lord over the entire land Katmu\xe1\xb8\xabu and brought (it) into the boundaries of his land; conqueror of the entire land Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia); who brought about the defeat of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-mudammiq, king of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), from Mount Ialman to the River Turan (Diyala?); (the region) from the city La\xe1\xb8\xabiru to Ugar-sallu was added to the boundaries of Assyria; I conquered the entire land of the city D\xc4\x93r; I brought back the cities Arrapha (and) Lubdu, fortresses of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), into the boundaries of Assyria;'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the land Katmu\xe1\xb8\xabu, to its full extent, in its entirety, to the territory of the land Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia). I conquered the lands Karalla, Karalla, (and) the cities of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian, (and) the cities of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia) to the city T\xc4\xabl-\xc5\xa1a-Abt\xc4\x81ni, the cities \xe1\xb8\xaairimu (and) \xe1\xb8\xaaarutu (which are) fortresses of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia).'

<gold>: b' (As for) anyone in the future \xe2\x80\x94 whether (she be) a queen who sits on a throne or a palace lady who is beloved by the king \xe2\x80\x94 who removes me from my tomb, or places anybody else with me, and (10) lays her (text: \xe2\x80\x9chis\xe2\x80\x9d) hand on my jewelry with evil intent (or) opens the seal of that tomb, above (on the earth), under the rays of the sun, may her (text: \xe2\x80\x9chis\xe2\x80\x9d) ghost roam the open country thirsty, (and) (15) below, in the netherworld, may she (text: \xe2\x80\x9che\xe2\x80\x9d) not receive with the Anunnak\xc5\xab gods offerings from the libation of water, the finest beer, wine, (and) flour.'
<predicted>: b' Whoever after the palace in the palace of the palace of the palace of the palace of the palace, (and) which was brought in the throne of the king, my lord, (and) in the same time, (and) the name of the king who had engendered me, but in the same way in the place of the god, in an rair, which the king, my lord, gave to me, (and) in the future, at the same time, and (then) he will (then) cut off (his) name. May the god Nergal (and) the goddess Gula will stay in the desert.'

<gold>: b' As for me, the humble (and) respectful one who knows how to revere the gods, I cast eight fierce mu\xc5\xa1\xe1\xb8\xabu\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1u-dragons of copper that rain down deadly venom on evil doer(s) and enem(ies), covered (them) with a plating of shining silver, and stationed (them) on pedestal(s) in (the gates) Ka-Utu-e, Ka-Lamma-arabi, Ka-\xe1\xb8\xabegal, and Ka-ude-<babbar>, at the bases of those gates, as in the past, together with the silver wild bull(s) of the door-jambs, according to its original appearance.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the one who carries the work of the gods, the god Marduk, the great lord, the god who created me, at the will of the gods, at the right gate, and (then) I laid its brickwork with an abundance of silver and made (them) shine like a sun.'

<gold>: b' The gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Anu, Enlil, Ea, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, Marduk, I\xc5\xa1tar, (and) the Sebitti, the great gods, all of them, who decree destiny (and) give might and victory to the king, their favorite, Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), (king of) all of them, king of the kings of (Lower) Egypt, Upper Egypt, and Kush, king of the four quarters; son of Sennacherib, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria \xe2\x80\x94'
<predicted>: b' Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, (and) Adad, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, Marduk, (and) I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, the one who (re)constructed the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (re)built Esagil and Babylon, (and) king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; son of Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad;'

<gold>: b' the temple with the privileged status of the gods Anu and Enlil, the place of sophisticated designs of the god Ea \xe2\x80\x94 the lord of Eridu \xe2\x80\x94 the secluded ground of the great gods, whose foundation(s) the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab (and) Anunnak\xc5\xab gods firmly established in the jubilation of their heart(s), (whose construction) they had skillfully executed according to plan, (and) whose superstructure they had raised \xe2\x80\x94 a long time ago it became weak, collapsed, and, on account of heavy rains and downpours, its wall(s) were carried away (and) its foundation(s) had become a heap of ruins and was piled up like a tell.'
<predicted>: b' The foundation(s) of the gods Anu and Enlil, the great gods, the one who carries out to the god Ea \xe2\x80\x94 the great lord of the great gods, the one who made the Anunnak\xc5\xab gods (and) the god Ea, the great mountain that the gods Anu and Marduk, the great gods, my lords, and had (them) dwell on (their) eternal dais.'

<gold>: b' Whoever keeps his hands off him, I will delete his posterity; but if one takes him prisoner and brings him into my presence, even if he should kill him, just as my grandfather on account of \xc5\xa0uzubu placed Adda-barakka on scales, and weighed out and cast him his weight of silver, so I will now place on scales whomever takes him prisoner, even if he should kill him, and weigh out and give him his weight of gold.'
<predicted>: b' I will bring him to him. I will bring him to him. When I will take him to him. I will carry him to his brother. He will bring him to him. I will bring him to him. I will carry him to him. I will carry him to him. I will carry him to him. I will carry him to him. I will bring him to him.'

<gold>: b' From the day that he grasped the feet of my royal majesty, he conquered the Cimmerians, who were disturbing the people of his land, had never feared my ancestors, and, with regard to me, had not grasped the feet of my royal majesty. With the support of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lords, he (Gyges) clamped two city rulers from among the city rulers of the Cimmerians that he had conquered in manacles, iron handcuffs, (and) fetters and sent (them) before me, together with (his) substantial audience gift(s).'
<predicted>: b' After I had grasped the feet of my royal majesty (and) who had never crossed the feet of my royal majesty, and the people of the people of the gods, my ancestors, and the people of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lords, I captured (and) plundered the people of the city and the people of the city, the people of the city, (and) the people of the kings, my ancestors, and the people living in the city Jerusalem, (and) the people of the kings, my ancestors, and the people of the city, the people of the city, the people of the city, (and) the people of the kings, my ancestors, (and) the people of the kings, my ancestors, and the people of the city, the people of the city, the people of the city, the people of the city, (and) the people of the kings, my ancestors, (and) the people of the'

<gold>: b' Guard this treaty. Do not sin against your treaty and annihilate yourselves, do not turn your land over to destruction and your people to deportation. May this matter which is acceptable to god and mankind, be acceptable to you too, may it be good to you. May Assurbanipal, the great crown prince designate, be protected for (his) lordship over the land and the people, (and) may his name later be proclaimed for the kingship. Do not place any other king or any other lord over you."'
<predicted>: b' I am not able to the king, your lord, your life, and you will not sin over that you, your people, your people, and the people of the land of the king, your lord, (and) may the people of the king, the great crown prince designate, you shall be in the presence of the king, your lord. May the king, the great crown prince designate, I will be in the presence of the king, the great crown prince designate, son of the king, and at your disposal, may the king of the crown prince will be delivered to the king, your lord.'

<gold>: b' there will be a king of 100 days in Akkad; that king will be ... ; the enemy will take a border city of mine; that king will die, and the weapon will be carried off from the temple of Enlil; there will be deaths within one day; the king of the Westland and the king of Subartu will come near to each other; in the west, a devastating flood will occur, in the east, divine statues will be torn down; people will become hungry; a city (keeping) the treasure of the god will let his possessions go out; the king of Elam will die; the king of Subartu will die; the king of the Westland will die, but angry gods will return to the land, and (there will be) plenitude of grain.'
<predicted>: b' The king of the moon will die; the king of the Westland will die; the king of the Westland will die; the king of the Westland will die; the king of the Westland will die; the king of the Westland will die; the king of the Westland will be brought; the king of the Westland will die; the king of the Westland will be in the land; the king of the land will die; the king of the world will become reconciled; the king of the Westland will die; the king of the land of the sun; the gods will make the king of the land of Sumer and Akkad.'

<gold>: b" Concerning the six men (and) one woman about whom I wrote to the king, my lord \xe2\x80\x94 Kut\xc3\xae the scribe, Tut\xc3\xae the scribe, Adad-killanni the priest, Qurd\xc3\xae the chariot driver, Niri-Ia'u the chief of accounts, Pal\xe1\xb9\xadi-Ia'u the deputy, (and) Zaz\xc3\xa2, the wife of Tar\xe1\xb9\xa3\xc3\xae, (all) servants of the governor \xe2\x80\x94 as to the matter of Guzana, they know if there is (such a thing), and if there isn't, they know it, too."
<predicted>: b" As to the king, my lord, I wrote to the king, my lord, the scribe of Titi\xc3\xae, the priest of Adda'\xc3\xae, the priest of Qurdi-i'i, the chariot-iner, and Qurdi-i'i, the ... , and Tarditu-i'i, the chariot-iner, (and) servants of the (king) of Qurdi-i'i,"

<gold>: b" Eunuchs of mine heard these words; they seized their mounted messenger(s) along with their messages and (then) they saw their deceitful acts. They seized Necho (and) \xc5\xa0arru-l\xc5\xab-d\xc4\x81ri and clamped (their) hands and feet in iron fetters and iron handcuffs. (ii 40'') The oath (sworn) by (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the king of the gods, defeated them and my kindness, which I had done for them as a favor, called to account those who had sinned against the treaty (sworn) by the great gods."
<predicted>: b' The eunuchs of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, they saw their mounted messenger(s), with their substantial audience gift(s), (and) message(s) from ecstatics, the king of the gods who had sinned against them, and (then) they plundered the oath of the great gods, my lords, in order to save their lives, they trampled their mounted messenger(s) to me with the treaty of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the great gods, by the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the great gods, by the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the great gods, by the command of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods, all of them, and had (them) act on them.'

<gold>: b" If you hear any improper, unsuitable or unseemly word concerning the exercise of kingship which is unseemly and evil against Assurbanipal, the (great) crown prince designate, either from the mouth of his brothers, his uncles, his cousins, his family, members of his father's line; or from the mouth of magnates and governors, or from the mouth of the bearded courtiers and the eunuchs, or from the mouth of the scholars or from the mouth of any human being at all, you shall not conceal it but come and report it to Assurbanipal, the great crown prince designate."
<predicted>: b" If you should sin against him, you shall not make rebellion or rebellion, or (any) of his brothers, his uncles, his cousins, his family, his cousins, his family, his cousins, his family, his cousins, his family, his cousins, his family, his cousins, his family, his cousins, his family, his uncles, his cousins, his family, his cousins, his family, his family, his cousins, his family, his cousins, his family, his couss, the eunuchs of his father's line, (or) in the mouth of his father's line."

<gold>: b' If you are able to seize them and put them to death, then you shall destroy their name and their seed from the land. If, however, you are unable to seize them and put them to death, you shall inform Assurbanipal, the great crown prince designate, and assist him in seizing and putting to death the perpetrators of rebellion.'
<predicted>: b" You shall not make common cause to them, and if you do not seize them, you shall not seize them and put them to them. If you do not submit to you, don't be negligent; you shall not seize them and put them in the land of Assurbanipal, the great crown prince designate, you shall not help against him, nor make your brothers and his seed from them."

<gold>: b' For the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar of Uruk, sovereign of heaven and netherworld, most valiant of the gods, august, supreme lady, who has gathered to herself (all) divine offices of highest rank, the one into whose hand all purification rites are appointed, empress of the goddesses, whose words are pre-eminent in heaven and netherworld, goddess of war and battle, who goes at the side of the king, her favorite, (and) slays his foes, who dwells in Enirgalana (\xe2\x80\x9cHouse, Prince of Heaven) \xe2\x80\x94 which is inside Eanna \xe2\x80\x94 lady of Uruk, great lady, his lady:'
<predicted>: b' For the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar of Uruk, lady of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, mistress of heaven and netherworld, the one who holds the foundations of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, exalted lady, the one who reveres the great gods, the one who resides in Ebabbar, the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the lady who reveres the great gods, the god who created me, (and) who is in Ezida, the great lady, my lady:'

<gold>: b' I annexed to Assyria the lands Namri, B\xc4\xabt-Sangib\xc5\xabti, B\xc4\xabt-\xe1\xb8\xaaamban, Sumurzu, B\xc4\xabt-Barr\xc5\xaba, B\xc4\xabt-Zualza\xc5\xa1, (and) (35) B\xc4\xabt-Matti, the city Niqqu of the land Tuplia\xc5\xa1, the lands B\xc4\xabt-Taranz\xc4\x81ya, Parsua, B\xc4\xabt-Zatti, B\xc4\xabt-Abdad\xc4\x81ni, B\xc4\xabt-Kapsi, B\xc4\xabt-Sangi, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Urzakki, (and) the cities B\xc4\xabt-I\xc5\xa1tar (and) Zakruti, (cities) of the mighty Medes.'
<predicted>: b' I annexed to Assyria the lands Namri, B\xc4\xabt-Sangib\xc5\xabti, B\xc4\xabt-\xe1\xb8\xaaamban, Sumurzu, B\xc4\xabt-Barr\xc5\xaba, B\xc4\xabt-Zualza\xc5\xa1, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Matti, the city Niqqu of the land Tuplia\xc5\xa1, the lands B\xc4\xabt-Taranz\xc4\x81ya, Parsua, B\xc4\xabt-Barr\xc5\xaba, B\xc4\xabt-Zualza\xc5\xa1, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Matti, the city Niqqu of the land Tuplia\xc5\xa1, the lands B\xc4\xabt-Taranz\xc4\x81ya, B\xc4\xabt-Zatti, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Urzakki, (and) the cities B\xc4\xabt-I\xc5\xa1tar (and) Zakruti, (and) the lands B\xc4\xabt-I\xc5\xa1tar, B\xc4\xabt-Sangi, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Urzakki, the lands B\xc4\xabt-I\xc5\xa1tar, B\xc4\xabt-Sangi, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Urzakki, (and) the cities B\xc4\xabt-I\xc5\xa1tar, B\xc4\xabt-Sangi, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Urzakki, (and) the cities B\xc4\xabt-I\xc5\xa1tar (and) Zakruti, (and) the lands B\xc4\xabt-I\xc5\xa1tar'

<gold>: b' lofty luminary; god Marduk, sage, lord god of oracles; god Adad, strong, almighty among the gods, exalted; god Ninurta, hero, warrior of the gods, the one who lays low the wicked; god Nusku, bearer of the holy scepter, circumspect god; goddess Ninlil, spouse of the god Enlil, mother of the great gods; god Nergal, perfect one, king of battle; god Enlil, exalted one, father of the gods, creator of all; god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, judge of heaven (and) underworld, commander of all; goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, foremost in heaven (and) underworld, who is consummate in the canons of combat;'
<predicted>: b' god Enlil, perfect one, god Enlil, god Enlil, god Enlil, god Enlil, warrior of the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab and Anunnak\xc5\xab gods; god Nergal, perfect one, king of battle; god Nusku, bearer of the holy scepter, circumspect god; goddess Ninlil, spouse of the god Enlil, mother of the great gods; goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, foremost in heaven and underworld, who is consummate in the canons of combat; god Ninurta, perfect one, king of battle; god Nusku, bearer of the holy scepter, circumspect god; goddess Ninlil, spouse of the god Enlil, mother of the great gods; goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, foremost in heaven and underworld, who is consummate in the canons of combat.'

<gold>: b' On my fourth campaign, the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, encouraged me so that I mustered my numerous troops and (iii 45) ordered the march to the land B\xc4\xabt-Yak\xc4\xabn. In the course of my campaign, I defeated \xc5\xa0\xc5\xabzubu (Mu\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93zib-Marduk), a Chaldean who lives in the marshes, at the city Bitt\xc5\xabtu. As for him, terror of doing battle with me fell upon him and his heart pounded. He fled alone like a lynx and his (hiding) place could not be found.'
<predicted>: b' On my fourth campaign, the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, encouraged me so that I mustered my numerous troops and ordered the march to the land B\xc4\xabt-Yak\xc4\xabn. In the course of my campaign, I defeated \xc5\xa0\xc5\xabzubu (Mu\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93zib-Marduk), a Chaldean who lives in the marshes, at the city Bitt\xc5\xabtu. As for him, terror of doing battle with me fell upon him and his heart pounded. He fled alone like a lynx and his (hiding) place could not be found.'

<gold>: b' Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, strong king, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I), king of Assyria, son of Arik-d\xc4\xabn-ili (who was) also king of Assyria; conqueror of the land of the \xc5\xa0ubaru, Lullumu, and Qutu, subduer of the land of Mu\xe1\xb9\xa3ri; the one who slew valiantly all his enemies with the support of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, his mistress, brought about the defeat of his foes in battle, and subdued their barbarous sheikhs at the feet of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, his mistress:'
<predicted>: b' Shalmaneser, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, strong king, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I), king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I) (who was) also king of Assyria:'

<gold>: b' As to what you wrote to me: "A messenger of Midas the Phrygian has come to me, bringing me 14 men of Que whom Urik had sent to Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu as an embassy" \xe2\x80\x94 this is extremely good! My gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Bel and Nab\xc3\xbb have now taken action, and without a battle or anything, the Phrygian has given us his word and become our ally!'
<predicted>: b' As to what you wrote: "A messenger of Midas, Mit\xc3\xa2 has come to me, saying: "The troops of Que has come to Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu, I have sent them to Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu, saying: "The people of the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian who had come to me, I have sent them to Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu.'

<gold>: b' As for Taharqa, the king of Egypt and Kush, the accursed of their great divinity, from the city I\xc5\xa1\xe1\xb8\xabupri to Memphis, (his) royal city, a march of fifteen days overland, (rev. 40) I inflicted serious defeats on him daily, without ceasing. Moreover, (with regard to) he himself, by means of arrows, I inflicted him five times with wounds from which there is no recovery; and (as for) the city of Memphis, his royal city, within half a day (and) by means of mines, breaches, (and) ladders, I besieged (it), conquered (it), demolished (it), destroyed (it), (and) burned (it) with fire.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Tar\xe1\xb8\xabis, king of Egypt and Kush, with the help of the city I\xc5\xa1umi, which is on the shore of the Brook of the city I\xc5\xa1umi, which is on the shore of the Brook of the city I\xc5\xa1umi, which is on the border of the city I\xc5\xa1umi, which is on the shore of the Euphrates, and I put (them) as booty. Moreover, I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the city Memphis, his royal city, and turned (them) into ashes.'

<gold>: b' I roofed them (the palatial halls) with beams of cedar (and) cypress, whose scent is sweet, product(s) of Mount Amanus (vi 60) (and) the yield of Mount Sir\xc4\x81ra, the holy mountains. I fastened bands of shining silver (and) bright copper on magnificent doors of cedar, cypress, (and) juniper and I installed (them) in their gates. (vi 65) I decorated them (the doors) with silver and copper knobbed nails. I adorned the arches, friezes, and all of the copings with baked bricks (glazed in the color of) obsidian (and) lapis lazuli.'
<predicted>: b' I roofed them (the palatial halls) with beams of cedar (and) cypress, whose scent is sweet, product(s) of Mount Amanus and Mount Sir\xc4\x81ra, the holy mountains. I fastened bands of silver (and) copper on doors of white cedar (and) cypress and I installed (them) in their gates.'

<gold>: b' The god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great mountain, granted to me unrivalled sovereignty and made my weapons greater than (those of) all who sit on (royal) daises. He made all of the black-headed (people) from the Upper Sea of the Setting Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun bow down at my feet. (i 15) Thus did recalcitrant rulers come to fear battle with me. While they were abandoning their settlements, they flew away alone like bats (living) in crevices to inaccessible place(s).'
<predicted>: b' The god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great mountain, granted to me unrivalled sovereignty and made my weapons greater than (those of) all who sit on (royal) daises. He made all of the black-headed (people) from the Upper Sea of the Setting Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun bow down at my feet. Thus did recalcitrant rulers come to fear battle with me.'

<gold>: b' The one who treads on the necks of the people of Cilicia, mountain dwellers who live in mountains in the neighborhood of Tabal, who trusted in their mountains and who from earliest days had not been submissive to the yoke \xe2\x80\x94 I surrounded, conquered, plundered, demolished, destroyed, (and) burned with fire (ii 10) twenty-one of their cities together with small cities in their environs. (As for) the rest of them, who were not guilty of (any) sin or crime, I imposed the heavy yoke of my lordship upon them.'
<predicted>: b' The one who treads on the necks of the people of Cilicia, mountain dwell, who live in the mountains, who had not submitted to my yoke, I surrounded, conquered, plundered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Mar\xca\xbeubi\xc5\xa1tu (and) Akkuddu, cities, (and) burned with fire the cities Mar\xca\xbeubi\xc5\xa1tu (and) Akkuddu, (and) carried off their booty. I conquered, destroyed, demolished, (and) burned with fire their cities. (Thus) I destroyed, demolished, (and) burned with fire their cities.'

<gold>: b' The messenger of Il-yada\' told me this news: "An expedition of 3,000 men has come up to me." All the men and horses are in the mountain; I am \'clean.\' (If) I go all the way to them to Zabban, as far as Daduni, attend to them, put up guards, and return from there going to the piedmont, surely these men'
<predicted>: b' The messenger of Il-yada\'a came to me, saying: "I have sent (word) and said to me: \'The men are in my country. I shall go and bring them to the king, my lord.'

<gold>: b' I cried out in mourning, I raged like a lion, and my mood became furious. In order to exercise kingship (over) the house of my father I beat my hands together. I prayed to the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l, Nab\xc3\xbb, and Nergal, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, (and) I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela and they accepted my word(s). With their firm \xe2\x80\x98yes\xe2\x80\x99, they were sending me reliable omen(s), (saying): \xe2\x80\x98Go! Do not hold back! We will go and kill your enemies.\xe2\x80\x99'
<predicted>: b' The one who had the usufruct of the gods who had encouraged me (and) who grasped my feet, the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, (and) I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, \xc5\xa0arrat-Kidmuri, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, (and) I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, the gods who support me, (and) the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk) and Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, \xc5\xa0arrat-Kidmuri, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, (and) I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, the gods who support me, (and) the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk) and Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, (and) I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, the gods who support me, (and) the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, (and) I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, the gods who support me, compens his'

<gold>: b" (As for) that temple, which had become old, I removed its dilapidated section(s) by the command of the gods S\xc3\xaen (and) Nusku. I made its structure larger than the one in the days of the past. I built (and) completed (it) from its foundation(s) to its crenellations. (i 55') Inside it, I built Emelamana, the temple of the god Nusku, the exalted vizier, which a king of the past (who had come) before me had built. I roofed them with long beams of cedar. I fastened band(s) of silver on doors of white cedar (and) I fixed (them) in their gateways."
<predicted>: b' (As for) that temple, which had become old, I removed its dilapidated section(s) by the command of the gods S\xc3\xaen (and) Nusku. I made its structure larger than the one in the days of the past. I built (and) completed (it) from its foundation(s) to its crenellations. (v 1) I built (and) completed (it) from its foundation(s) to its crenellations. I roofed it with long beams of cedar. I fastened band(s) of silver on doors of cypress, whose fragrance is sweet, in their gates.'

<gold>: b' I joyfully entered his palace, which is in Babylon, then I opened his treasury and brought out gold, silver, gold (and) silver utensils, (i 30) precious stones, all kinds of possessions (and) property without number, a substantial tribute, (together with) his palace women, courtiers, attendants, male singers, female singers, all of the craftsmen, as many as there were, (and) his palace attendants, and I counted (them) as booty.'
<predicted>: b' I joyfully entered his palace, which is in Babylon, then I opened his treasury and brought out gold, silver, gold (and) silver utensils, precious stones, all kinds of possessions (and) property without number, a substantial tribute, (together with) his palace women, courtiers, attendants, male singers, female singers, all of the craftsmen, as many as there were, (and) his palace attendants, and I counted (them) as booty.'

<gold>: b' I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the cities Eltekeh (and) Tamn\xc3\xa2. I approached the city Ekron and I killed the governors (and) nobles who had committed crime(s) and hung their corpses on towers around the city; (iii 65) I counted the citizens who had committed the criminal acts as booty; (and) I commanded that the rest of them, (those) who were not guilty of crimes or wrongdoing, (to) whom no penalty was due, be allowed to go free.'
<predicted>: b' I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the cities Eltekeh (and) Tamn\xc3\xa2. I approached the city Ekron and I killed the governors (and) nobles who had committed crime(s) and hung their corpses on towers around the city; I counted the citizens who had committed the criminal acts as booty; (and) I commanded that the rest of them, (those) who were not guilty of crimes or wrongdoing, (to) whom no penalty was due, be allowed to go free.'

<gold>: b' On my second campaign, I marched quickly to Babylon, which I planned to conquer, and (then) I blew like the onset of a storm and enveloped it like a (dense) fog. I besieged the city; then, by means of sapping and ladders, I captured (it) (and) plundered the city. Its people, young and old, I did not spare, and I filled the city squares with their corpses. I carried off alive to my land \xc5\xa0\xc5\xabzubu (Mu\xc5\xa1\xc4\x93zib-Marduk), the king of Babylon, together with his family (and) his'
<predicted>: b' On my second campaign, I took the road to Babylon (and) I laid him on the border of the city, and turned (them) into ruins. I laid its warriors on the peak of his warriors like the Deluge, and he (lit. \xe2\x80\x9chis\xe2\x80\x9d) had destroyed, destroyed, (and) burned with fire the city that city by the border of the city, and turned (him) into ruins.'

<gold>: b" This aforesaid is the only area which is taken as bad if Jupiter retrogrades there. Wherever else it might turn, it may freely do so, there is not a word about it. Perhaps it was about this that the servant of the king, when (still) alive, and I spoke in the presence of the king, my lord. Saturn will 'push itself' this very month. (But) there is definitely not a word about it anywhere."
<predicted>: b' This was the omen of a house of Jupiter (and) the house of Jupiter, and the (other) house of the king, my lord, in the month of the king, my lord. The king should ask him. This is a matter of the king, my lord. The king should act as he deems best.'

<gold>: b' I surrounded (and) conquered the cities B\xc4\xabt-Kilamza\xe1\xb8\xab, \xe1\xb8\xaaardi\xc5\xa1pu, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Kubatti, their fortified walled cities. I brought out of them people, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, and I counted (them) as booty. Moreover, I destroyed, devastated, (and) turned into ruins their small(er) settlements, (ii 20) which were without number. I burned with fire pavilions (and) tents, their abodes, and reduced (them) to ashes.'
<predicted>: b' I surrounded (and) conquered the cities B\xc4\xabt-Kilamza\xe1\xb8\xab, \xe1\xb8\xaaardi\xc5\xa1pu, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Kubatti, their fortified walled cities. I brought out of them people, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, and I counted (them) as booty. Moreover, I destroyed, devastated, (and) turned into ruins their small(er) settlements, which were without number. I burned with fire pavilions (and) tents, their abodes, and reduced (them) to ashes.'

<gold>: b' Concerning the substitute image about which the king, my lord, wrote to his servant: "It was sitting (on the throne) in the city of Akkad from the 14th of Tammuz (IV) till the 5th of Ab (V)" \xe2\x80\x94 for what purpose did they act in this way? And why did they enthrone it in Akkad? Had they done it in the city of your father where you yourself are living, it would have removed your evil! Why you? And why an evil of Babylonia?'
<predicted>: b' Concerning the substitute day about which the king, my lord, wrote to his servant in the 14th of Tammuz (IV) in the 14th of Ab (V), and went on the 14th day of Ab (V) and went to Akkad in the city of Akkad. As for you, I will be in the temple of the king, my lord. As for you.'

<gold>: b' The god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, king of all the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab gods and Anunnak\xc5\xab gods, begetter of everything, father of the gods, lord of the lands; the god S\xc3\xaen, light ... lord of heaven and netherworld, who espies the treachery of the enemy, (i 5) who renders ... decisions for the earth (and) destroys the enemy; the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the great judge ... , who ... the treachery of the evil and ... of the foe, (and) exposes the villain; the god Adad, the great prince, hero, canal inspector, (i 10) who devastates regions ... (and) makes the seas heave; the god Marduk, the lord ... , who provides all people with food, ... , (and) grants plants ... ; (i 15) the god Nab\xc3\xbb, the perfect heir, ... high mountains, who removes the uncompliant (and) ... the roots of the enemy; (i 20) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, queen of battle, ... evil-doers; (and) the Sebetti, who go before the gods, stand at the side of the king, their favorite, in the place of battle, and bring about (his) victory;'
<predicted>: b' God A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, great lord, king of all the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab gods and Anunnak\xc5\xab gods, lord of all the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab gods, father of the gods, lord of all the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab gods, father of the gods, the one who decrees fates, ... ; the one who decrees decisions, ... ; the one who decrees decisions, ... ; the god Adad, the great lord, ... , the one who decrees decisions, ... ; the god Adad, the great lord, ... , the one who decrees decisions, ... ; the god Adad, the great lord, ... , the one who makes decisions, ... ; the god Adad, ... of the god Adad, ... of the god Adad, ... of the god Adad, ... , the one who ... the great gods, ... ; the god Adad, the great lord, ... ; the god Adad, the great lord, ... ; the god Adad, the great lord, ... , the one who makes decisions, ... ; the god Adad, ... of the Ig\xc4\xabg\xc5\xab gods,'

<gold>: b" Moreover, Sanda-uarri, king of the cities Kundi and Siss\xc3\xbb, a dangerous enemy, who did not fear my lordship (and) abandoned the gods, (ii 40') trusted in the impregnable mountains. He (and) Abdi-Milk\xc5\xabti, king of Sidon, agreed to help one another, swore an oath by their gods with one another, and trusted in their own strength. I trusted in the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l, and Nab\xc3\xbb, (ii 45') the great gods, my lords, besieged him, caught him like a bird from the midst of the mountains, and cut off his head. \xe2\x80\x9cIn Ta\xc5\xa1r\xc4\xabtu (VII) \xe2\x80\x94 the head of Abdi-Milk\xc5\xabti! In Addaru (XII) \xe2\x80\x94 the head of Sanda-uarri!\xe2\x80\x9d I beheaded (both) in the same year: With the former I did not delay, (... )"
<predicted>: b' Moreover, Sanda-uarri, king of the cities Kundi (and) Sissusu, a dangerous enemy, who did not fear my lordship (and) did not fear the oath of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great gods, my lords \xe2\x80\x94 I trusted in the month Judah, the great gods, my lords, and took the road to the land Judah, the great gods, my lords, and took the road to the land Judah. In the month Jerusalem, I marched to the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), and Nab\xc3\xbb, the great gods, my lords \xe2\x80\x94 I trusted in the month Judah, the great gods, my lords, and the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), and Nab\xc3\xbb, the great gods, my lords, and (thereby) trusted like a mountain.'

<gold>: b" Their list (<<unk>>oss): the cities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-m\xc4\x81ssu-ut\xc4\x93r, Mannu-\xc5\xa1\xc4\x81nin-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-mannu-i\xc5\xa1annan, Ab\xc4\x81t-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-l\xc4\x81-t\xc4\x93ni, Ab\xc4\x81t-\xc5\xa1arri-l\xc4\x81-t\xc4\x93ni, Mannu-li\xc5\xa1issu, Kunu\xc5\xa1-l\xc4\x81-kan\xc5\xa1u, Lit\xc4\x93r-ay-im\xe1\xb9\xadi, \xc4\x80mir\xc5\xa1u-liglud, Mu\xc5\xa1ak\xc5\xa1id-nakir\xc4\xab, K\xc4\x81\xc5\xa1issu-lilbur, \xe1\xb9\xa2\xc4\x81bissu-lik\xc5\xabn, Lilbur-mun\xc4\xab\xe1\xb8\xab-libbi-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, D\xc5\xabr-Esarhaddon, \xc5\xa0\xc4\x81nini-ay-ir\xc5\xa1i, (iv 20') \xc5\xa0ia-\xc5\xa1ulmi-am\xc4\x81t-\xc5\xa1arr\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1u, Pila\xe1\xb8\xabma-m\xc4\x81tka-\xc5\xa1allim, L\xc4\x81-ipla\xe1\xb8\xab-m\xc4\x81ssu-i\xe1\xb8\xabpi, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-in\xc4\x81r-gar\xc3\xbba, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-n\xc4\xabr\xc5\xa1u-urappi\xc5\xa1, (and) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-n\xc4\xabrka-(u)rappi\xc5\xa1."
<predicted>: b' (As for) the cities (from) the city of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (and) the city Mannea, the city Medes, the city Medes, the city lord of the city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (and) the cities Minasia, the city A\xc5\xa1inate, (and) the cities Minasa\xc5\xa1, the city A\xc5\xa1inate, (and) the cities Minasa, the city A\xc5\xa1inate, (and) the city Minu, the city AnA\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (and) the city lord of the city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-b\xc4\x93l-il\xc4\x81ni, \xc5\xa0a-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-belu-i\xc5\xa1i, \xc5\xa0a-of-\xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, (and) the cities Minasa\xc5\xa1, the cities A\xc5\xa1inzinani, \xc5\xa0\xc4\x81\xe1\xb8\xabu-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, \xc5\xa0a-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-II, (and) Tasa, (and) the cities Mina\xc5\xa1a\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1u, the city AnBabylon, the city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (and) the city lord of the city \xc5\xa0a-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur.'

<gold>: b' (As to) the Sealand, (which) has not been settled since (the time of) Na\'id-Marduk \xe2\x80\x93 S\xc3\xaen-balassu-iqbi has arrested the plundered refugees who had gone over to the Gurasimmu, 500 of them, has put them in handcuffs and given them to Natan, the king of the Thamudites, an enemy of the king, and has said to Natan: "... my daughter." Now through a pretext ... he is turning my house into Thamudite, ... ing the Sealand, servants of the king, my lord, (and) giving (them) to Natan. I have now written and informed the king, my lord. Layl\xc3\xaa, the king of Bazu, is now in the presence of the king; let the king, my lord, ask him.'
<predicted>: b" I have written to the king of the king, my lord, in the house of Na'id-Marduk, a servant of the king, my lord, (and) gave (them) to us. The king, my lord, knows that I had in Bit-Dakuri, the king, my lord, had now sent (them) to Na'id-Marduk. The king, my lord, should know (this). When the king, my lord, knows that I had written to the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should know (this). The king, my lord, knows that I had to say. The king, my lord, should know (this)."

<gold>: b' Urtaku, whom I had not antagonized, set his attack in motion (and) hastily brought war to Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia). On account of the assault of the Elamite, a messenger came to Nineveh and told me (the news). I was not concerned about this news of Urtaku\xe2\x80\x99s assault. (v 1) (Because) he had regularly sent his envoys (with messages) of peace before me, I dispatched my messenger to see the king of the land Elam. (v 5) He went quickly, returned, and reported to me an accurate report, saying: \xe2\x80\x9cThe Elamites cover the land Akkad, all of it, like a swarm of locusts. Against Babylon, (his) camp is pitched and (his) military camp is laid.\xe2\x80\x9d'
<predicted>: b' (As for) Urtaku, who had come to the land of the Arabs, in the land Kardunia\xc5\xa1 (Babylonia), saying: \xe2\x80\x9cThe troops of the land of the Elamite who had fled against him and he came to Nineveh, before me, (and) to do obeisance to me. I sent my messenger to the land Elam, a eunuch who belonged to me, saying: \xe2\x80\x9cGo, let me take the road to the king of the land Elam, saying: \xe2\x80\x9cGo, let me take the road to the king of the land Elam.'

<gold>: b' With the knowledge of the god Ea, with the perspicacity of the god Marduk, with the wisdom of the god Nab\xc3\xbb and goddess Nisaba, with the vast mind that the god who created me had allowed me to attain, (and) with my great sense of reason, I deliberated (matters) and (then) I commissioned well-trained craftsmen and (afterwards) a survey team measured the dimensions using a measuring rod. Master builders stretched out the (measuring) ropes (and) firmly established the ground plan. I made inquiries through divination to the gods \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, and Marduk, and whenever (my) mind deliberated (matters) and took the dimensions into consideration, the great gods responded to me through the outcomes of divination.'
<predicted>: b' In the first year of the god Marduk, which in the presence of the god Marduk, the great mountain, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, entrusted to me in the presence of the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great lord, the god Marduk, and the god Marduk, the great judge, the god Marduk, and the god'

<gold>: b' From the beginning of my reign until my seventeenth pal\xc3\xbb, I captured the (tribes) Itu\xca\xbeu, Rubu\xca\xbeu, \xe1\xb8\xaaamar\xc4\x81nu, Lu\xe1\xb8\xabu\xca\xbeatu, \xe1\xb8\xaaa\xe1\xb9\xadallu, Rubb\xc3\xbb, Rapiqu, Nab\xc4\x81tu, Gurumu, Dunanu, Ubulu, Ru\xca\xbeu\xca\xbea, Li\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Marusu, (and those living in) the cities D\xc5\xabr-Kurigalzu, Adinni, the fortresses of Sarragitu (and) Labbanat, all of the Arameans on the banks of the Tigris, Euphrates, Surappu, (and) Uqn\xc3\xbb Rivers, as far as the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun. I annexed (those areas) to Assyria (and) placed a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them.'
<predicted>: b' From the beginning of my reign until my seventeenth pal\xc3\xbb, I captured the (tribes) Itu\xca\xbeu, Rubu\xca\xbeu, \xe1\xb8\xaaamar\xc4\x81nu, Lu\xca\xbeu\xca\xbeu, Li\xca\xbeu\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, Mar\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu,'

<gold>: b" Before his messenger had arrived in his presence (and before) he could report the issuing of my decision to him, with the support of the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nusku, (and) Nergal, who march at my side (and) kill my foes, (ix 45'') inside the land Elam, they (the Elamites) heard about the progress of the messenger of mine whom I had sent to the city D\xc4\x93r... Fear of my royal majesty \xe2\x80\x94 with which the great gods had endowed me \xe2\x80\x94 overwhelmed the land Elam and (then) the people of the land Elam rebelled against Indabibi (and) (ix 50'') killed him with the sword. They placed Ummanalda\xc5\xa1u (\xe1\xb8\xaaumban-\xe1\xb8\xabalta\xc5\xa1 III), son of Atta-metu, on his (Indabibi\xe2\x80\x99s) throne."
<predicted>: b' Before his messenger had arrived in his presence (and before) he could report the issuing of my decision to him, with the support of the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, \xc5\xa0arrat-Kidmuri, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nusku, (and) Nergal, who march at my side (and) kill my foes, as many as there were, (and) the people of the land Elam rebelled against Indabibi and the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), Nab\xc3\xbb, I\xc5\xa1tar of Nineveh, \xc5\xa0arrat-Kidmuri, I\xc5\xa1tar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nusku, (and) Nergal, who march at my side (and) kill my foes.'

<gold>: b' At the beginning of my sovereignty I marched to the land of the Uqumenu. The entire land of the Qutu I made (look) like ruin hills (created by) the deluge (and) I surrounded their army with a circle of sandstorms. At that time they banded together against my army in rugged (and) very mountainous terrain. They fiercely took up a position for armed conflict. Trusting in A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods, my lords, I struck (and) brought about their defeat. I filled the caves and ravines of the mountains with their corpses. I made heaps of their corpses like grain piles beside their gates. Their cities I destroyed, ravaged, (and) turned into ruin hills'
<predicted>: b' In the beginning of my sovereignty, I marched to the land Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu. I heard the interior of the land Quteun to the land of the Qutu. In order to save their lives, I destroyed, devastated, (and) destroyed their cities. The troops of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods, my lords, I moved up to the land of the mountains and the land of the Yasubigallians, the great gods, my lords, and (then) brought them into the presence of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods, my lords, and the great gods, my lords, and the great gods, my lords, (and) the people of the land of the \xc5\xa0ubaru, the great gods, my lords, and the great gods, my lords, in order to build (and) brought them into the presence of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods, my lords. (Thus) I became lord of Sumer and all their cities.'

<gold>: b' On my return march, I defeated all together the Tu\xca\xbeumuna, Ri\xe1\xb8\xabi\xe1\xb8\xabu, Yadaqqu, Ubudu, Gibr\xc3\xaa, Mali\xe1\xb8\xabu (Mala\xe1\xb8\xabu), Gurumu, Ubulu, Damunu, Gambulu, \xe1\xb8\xaaindaru, Ru\xca\xbeu\xca\xbea, Puqudu, \xe1\xb8\xaaamr\xc4\x81nu, \xe1\xb8\xaaagar\xc4\x81nu, Nabatu, (and) Li\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, insubmissive Arameans. I carried off into Assyria a substantial booty (consisting of) 208,000 people, young (and) old, male and female, 7,200 horses (and) mules, 11,073 donkeys, 5,230 camels, 80,100 oxen, (and) 600,600 sheep and goats.'
<predicted>: b' On my return march, I defeated all together the Tu\xca\xbeumuna, Ri\xe1\xb8\xabi\xe1\xb8\xabu, Yadaqqu, Ubudu, Gibr\xc3\xaa, Mali\xe1\xb8\xabu (Mala\xe1\xb8\xabu), Gurumu, Ubulu, Damunu, Gambulu, \xe1\xb8\xaaindaru, Ru\xca\xbeu\xca\xbea, Puqudu, \xe1\xb8\xaaamr\xc4\x81nu, \xe1\xb8\xaaagar\xc4\x81nu, Nabatu, (and) Li\xca\xbeta\xca\xbeu, insubmissive Arameans. I carried off into Assyria a substantial booty (consisting of) 208,000 people, male (and) old, male and female, 7,200 horses (and) mules, 11,073 donkeys, 5,230 camels, 80,100 oxen, (and) 800,600 sheep and goats.'

<gold>: b' by the command of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, my lord, I mustered my chariotry (and) troops. I marched to the land of the Qum\xc4\x81nu (and) conquered the land of the extensive Qum\xc4\x81nu. I captured Iluia, king of the Qum\xc4\x81nu, within his palace. I slaughtered his brothers in heaps. I inflicted upon them a major defeat (and) brought their booty, possessions, property, herds (and) flocks to my city A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur. I gave their gods as gifts to A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord. The remainder of their troops which had fled from my weapons (but then) returned I settled in peaceful dwellings.'
<predicted>: b' By the command of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, my lord, I mustered my chariotry (and) troops (and) took the direct Sea of my troops. At the command of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I conquered (and) conquered the city Qum\xc3\xaa (and) Que (and) took away their corpses. I carried off their brothers, possessions, property, (and) property (and) possessions, their possessions, possessions, property, (and) property (and) possessions, their possessions, possessions, property, (and) property (and) possessions, their possessions, possessions, property, (and) property (and) possessions, their possessions, possessions, property, (and) property (and) possessions, their possessions, possessions, property, (and) property (and) possessions, their possessions, possessions, property, (and) possessions (and) possessions. I carried off their booty, possessions, property, (and) possessions (and) possessions.'

<gold>: b' I turned around (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cI turned the front of my yoke\xe2\x80\x9d) and took the road to the land Ellipi. Before my arrival, Ispab\xc4\x81ra, their king, abandoned his fortified cities (and) his treasury and fled far away. I overwhelmed all of his wide land like a fog. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Mar\xca\xbeubi\xc5\xa1tu (and) Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, together with thirty-four fortified cities and small(er) settlements in their environs, which were without number, then I cut down their orchards (and) poured deathly quiet over their fertile fields. (In this manner) I reduced to desolation the land Ellipi to its full extent.'
<predicted>: b' I turned around (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cI turned the front of my yoke\xe2\x80\x9d) and took the road to the land Ellipi. Before my arrival, Ispab\xc4\x81ra, their king, abandoned his fortified cities (and) his treasury and fled far away. I overwhelmed all of his wide land like a fog. I surrounded, conquered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Mar\xca\xbeubi\xc5\xa1tu (and) Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, together with thirty-four small(er) settlements in their environs.'

<gold>: b' I have visited the Kidmuru temple and arranged a banquet, (yet) my wife has embarrassed me; for five years (she has been) neither dead nor alive, and I have no son. This year three women have fallen to me; but I have no farmer, no farm equipment, no farm. By Anu, Enlil and Ea who are firmly implanted in the head of the king, my lord, I cannot (even) afford a pair of sandals or the wages of a tailor, I have not got a spare suit of clothes, and I have incurred a debt of almost six minas of silver, plus the interest.'
<predicted>: b' Thenap\xc5\xa1ati of six persons has entered the house of the temple of the god, performed the wife of the king, my lord, it is said: "Why does you take it for 5 years, but the \'farmer\' of the god Anu and the wife of the king, my lord, and his wife was killed. The king, my lord, knows that I cannot take away in the presence of the king, my lord. The king, my lord, should know (this).'

<gold>: b' They quarried bull colossi of white limestone in the city Tastiate to be their (the palatial halls\xe2\x80\x99) gatekeepers. Throughout all of their lands they depleted forests of large trees to have boats built. In the month Ayy\xc4\x81ru (II), the time of spring floods, they brought (the colossi) across to this side (of the river) with difficulty in magnificent boats. They sank large boats at the quay dock (and then) made their crews struggle (and) strain. With might and main, they struggled to transport (the colossi) and install (them) in their gates.'
<predicted>: b' bull colossi of white limestone in the city Tastiate to be their (the palatial halls\xe2\x80\x99) gatekeepers. Throughout their entire land they depleted forests of large trees to have boats built. In the month Ayy\xc4\x81ru (II), the time of spring floods, they brought (the colossi) across to this side (of the river) with difficulty in magnificent boats. They sank large boats at the quay dock (and then) made their crews struggle (and) strain. With might and main, they struggled to transport (the colossi) and install (them) in their gates.'

<gold>: b' The god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the father of the gods, gave me (the power) to let (cities) fall into ruins and to (re)populate (them, and) to enlarge Assyrian territory; the god S\xc3\xaen, lord of the crown, decreed heroic strength (and) robust force as my fate; the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the light of the gods, elevated my important name to the highest rank; the god Marduk, king of the gods, made the fear of my kingship (ii 35) sweep over the mountain regions like a dense fog; the god Nergal, mightiest of the gods, gave me fierceness, splendor, and terror as a gift; (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the lady of battle and war, gave me a mighty bow (and) a fierce arrow as a present.'
<predicted>: b' The god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, father of the gods, and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the gods who support me, made the dominion of the lands, the god S\xc3\xaen, crowned with the crown of lordship to make the foundation of the god \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, the king of the gods, the god Marduk, the king of the gods, granted me as a gift to the god Marduk, the king of the gods, the god Marduk, the king of the gods, the god Marduk, had granted me as a gift (and) to make my royal majesty.'

<gold>: b' Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world); valiant man who, with the help of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, his lord, smashed like pots all who were unsubmissive to him, swept over (them) like the Deluge, and considered (them) as (mere) ghosts; the king who marched about at the command of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, and Marduk, the great gods, and exercised authority over lands from the Bitter Sea of B\xc4\xabt-Yak\xc4\xabn, as far as Mount Bikni in the east, up to the Sea of the Setting Sun, as far as Egypt, from the horizon to the zenith, and exercised kingship over them.'
<predicted>: b' Palace of Tiglath-pileser (III), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world), the one chosen by the glance of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the king of the gods, the king of the gods, the king of the gods, the lord of the (four) quarters (of the world) from the Upper Sea of the Setting Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun to the Lower Sea of the land Amurru and the sea'

<gold>: b' On my third campaign, I marched to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti. Fear of my lordly brilliance (iii 1) overwhelmed Lul\xc3\xae, the king of the city Sidon, and he fled afar into the midst of the sea and disappeared. The awesome terror of the weapon of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed the cities Great Sidon, Lesser Sidon, (iii 5) B\xc4\xabt-Zitti, \xe1\xb9\xa2arepta, Ma\xe1\xb8\xaballiba, U\xc5\xa1\xc3\xbb, Akzibu, (and) Acco, his fortified cities (and) fortresses, an area of pasture(s) and water-place(s), (iii 10) resources upon which he relied, and they bowed down at my feet.'
<predicted>: b' On my third campaign, I marched to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti. Fear of my lordly brilliance overwhelmed Lul\xc3\xae, the king of the city Sidon, and he fled afar into the midst of the sea and disappeared. The awesome terror of the weapon of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed the cities Great Sidon, Lesser Sidon, B\xc4\xabt-Zitti, \xe1\xb9\xa2arepta, Ma\xe1\xb8\xaballiba, U\xc5\xa1\xc3\xbb, (ii 10) Akzibu, (and) Acco, his fortified cities (and) fortresses, an area of pasture(s) and water-place(s), resources upon which he relied, and they bowed down at my feet.'

<gold>: b' On my third campaign, I marched to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti. Fear of my lordly brilliance overwhelmed Lul\xc3\xae, the king of the city Sidon, and he fled afar into the midst of the sea and disappeared. The awesome terror of the weapon of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed the cities Great Sidon, Lesser Sidon, B\xc4\xabt-Zitti, (ii 40) \xe1\xb9\xa2arepta, Ma\xe1\xb8\xaballiba, U\xc5\xa1\xc3\xbb, Akzibu, (and) Acco, his fortified cities (and) fortresses, an area of pasture(s) and water-place(s), resources upon which he relied, and they bowed down at my feet.'
<predicted>: b' On my third campaign, I marched to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti. Fear of my lordly brilliance overwhelmed Lul\xc3\xae, the king of the city Sidon, and he fled afar into the midst of the sea and disappeared. The awesome terror of the weapon of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed the cities Great Sidon, Lesser Sidon, B\xc4\xabt-Zitti, \xe1\xb9\xa2arepta, Ma\xe1\xb8\xaballiba, U\xc5\xa1\xc3\xbb, (ii 10) Akzibu, (and) Acco, his fortified cities (and) fortresses, an area of pasture(s) and water-place(s), resources upon which he relied, and they bowed down at my feet.'

<gold>: b' I created a marsh to moderate the flow of water for (those) gardens and had a canebrake planted (in it). I let loose in it herons, wild boars (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cpigs of the reeds\xe2\x80\x9d), (and) roe deer. By divine will, (viii 35) vines, all kinds of fruit trees, olive trees, and aromatic trees flourished greatly in (those) gardens (planted) on newly tilled soil. Cypress trees, musukkannu-trees, (and) all kinds of trees grew tall and sent out shoots. (viii 40) The marshes thrived greatly. Birds of the heavens, heron(s) whose home(s) are far away, made nest(s) and wild boars (and) roe deer gave birth in abundance.'
<predicted>: b' I created a marsh to moderate the flow of water for (those) gardens and planted a canebrake in it. I let loose in it herons, wild boars (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cpigs of the reeds\xe2\x80\x9d), (and) roe deer. By divine will, vines, all kinds of fruit trees, olive trees, (and) aromatic trees flourished greatly in (those) gardens. Cypress trees, musukkannu-trees, (and) all kinds of trees grew tall and sent out shoots. The marshes thrived greatly. Birds of the heavens, heron(s), made nest(s) and wild boars (and) roe deer gave birth in abundance.'

<gold>: b' I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the city, and (its) buildings, from its foundations to its crenellations. I removed the brick(s) and earth, as much as there was, from the (inner) wall and outer wall, the temples, (and) the ziggurrat, (and) I threw (it) into the Ara\xe1\xb8\xabtu river. I dug canals into the center of that city and (thus) leveled their site with water. I destroyed the outline of its foundations and (thereby) made its destruction surpass that of the Deluge. So that in the future, the site of that city and (its) temples will be unrecognizable, I dissolved it (Babylon) in water and annihilated (it), (making it) like a meadow.'
<predicted>: b' I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire that city, I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the city and people, (and) surrounded (it) with fire (lit. \xe2\x80\x9ca mound and ruins\xe2\x80\x9d). I destroyed, destroyed, (and) burned with fire that city, I destroyed (it), (and) laid its foundation(s) to its crenellations. I laid its foundation (and) rebuilt (it) from its foundations to its parapets. I made (it) greater than before (lit. \xe2\x80\x9ca mound and ruins\xe2\x80\x9d). I destroyed, destroyed, (and) burned with fire that city, I destroyed (it), (and) laid its foundation(s) to its crenellations.'

<gold>: b" Silver, gold, precious stones, as much property of his palace as there was, garment(s) with multi-colored trim, linen garments, large horses, people \xe2\x80\x94 male and female \xe2\x80\x94 two tall obelisks cast with shiny za\xe1\xb8\xabal\xc3\xbb-metal, whose weight was 2,500 talents (and which) stood at a temple gate, (iii 50') I ripped (them) from where they were erected and took (them) to Assyria. I carried off substantial booty, (which was) without number, from inside the city Thebes. (iii 55') I made my weapons prevail over Egypt and Kush and (thus) achieved victory. With full hand(s), I returned safely to Nineveh, my capital city."
<predicted>: b' Silver, gold, precious stones, as much property of his palace as there was, garment(s) with multi-colored trim, linen garments, large horses, people \xe2\x80\x94 male and female \xe2\x80\x94 two tall obelisks cast with shiny za\xe1\xb8\xabal\xc3\xbb-metal, whose weight was 2,500 talents (and which) stood at a temple gate, I ripped (them) from where they were erected and took (them) to Assyria.'

<gold>: b' (But) as for me, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the performing of this work came to my attention by the will of the gods and I put my mind to it. I forcibly removed the people of Chaldea, Aramean (tribes), the land of the Manneans, (and) the lands Que and \xe1\xb8\xaailakku, who had not submitted to my yoke, then I made them carry baskets (of earth) and they made bricks. I cut down canebrakes in Chaldea and I had their splendid reeds hauled (to Nineveh) for its (the palace\xe2\x80\x99s) construction by enemy soldiers whom I had defeated.'
<predicted>: b' (But) as for me, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the performing of this work came to my attention by the will of the gods and I put my mind to it. I forcibly removed the people of Chaldea, Aramean (tribes), the land of the Manneans, the lands Que and \xe1\xb8\xaailakku, who had not submitted to my yoke, then I made them carry baskets (of earth) and they made bricks. I cut down canebrakes in Chaldea and I had their splendid reeds hauled (to Nineveh) for its (the palace\xe2\x80\x99s) construction by enemy soldiers whom I had defeated.'

<gold>: b" Before my father was born (and) my birth-mother was created in her mother\xe2\x80\x99s womb, the god S\xc3\xaen, who created me to be king, named me to (re)build E\xe1\xb8\xabul\xe1\xb8\xabul, saying: \xe2\x80\x9cAshurbanipal will (re)build that temple and make me dwell therein upon an eternal dais.\xe2\x80\x9d The word of the god S\xc3\xaen, which he had spoken in distant days, (ii 10') he now revealed to the people of a later generation. He allowed the temple of the god S\xc3\xaen \xe2\x80\x94 which Shalmaneser (III), son of Ashurnasirpal (II), a king of the past (who had come) before me, had built \xe2\x80\x94 to become old and he entrusted (its renovation) to me."
<predicted>: b' Before my father was born (and) my birth-mother was created in her mother\xe2\x80\x99s womb, the god S\xc3\xaen, who created me to be king, named me to (re)build E\xe1\xb8\xabul\xe1\xb8\xabul, saying: \xe2\x80\x9cAshurbanipal will (re)build that temple and (re)build the temple of the god S\xc3\xaen \xe2\x80\x94 which Shalmaneser (III), son of Ashurnasirpal (II), a king of the past (who had come) before me, had built \xe2\x80\x94 to become old and he entrusted (its renovation) to me.'

<gold>: b' I trod on the necks of the people of Cilicia, mountain dwellers who live in inaccessible mountains in the neighborhood of the land Tabal, evil Hittites, (iii 50) who trusted in their mighty mountains and who from earliest days had not been submissive to the yoke. I surrounded, conquered, plundered, demolished, destroyed, (and) burned with fire twenty-one of their fortified cities and small cities in their environs. (As for) the rest of them, who were not guilty of (any) sin or crime, I imposed the heavy yoke of my lordship upon them.'
<predicted>: b' (and) the people of the land \xe1\xb8\xaailakku, who live in the mountains \xe2\x80\x94 the mountain troops who live in the high mountains, (and) who had fled to the yoke of my land, I conquered, conquered, plundered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their fortified cities, which were without number. I burned with fire the yoke of their fortified cities and small(er) settlements in their environs, which were without number. I burned with fire the remainder of them, (and) carried off their booty. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their cities.'

<gold>: b' At that time the temple of the Assyrian I\xc5\xa1tar, my mistress, which Ilu-\xc5\xa1umma, my forefather, the prince, had previously built \xe2\x80\x94 that temple had become dilapidated and I cleared away its debris. I changed its site. I founded (it) in another place. I made it more outstanding than ever before. As an addition I built the room of the \xc5\xa1a\xe1\xb8\xaburu and lofty towers. I completed that temple from top to bottom. I built within it a lofty dais (and) an awesome sanctuary for the abode of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my mistress, and I deposited my monumental inscription.'
<predicted>: b' At that time, the temple of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my mistress, which Ilu-\xc5\xa1umma, my mistress, which Ilu-\xc5\xa1umma, a prince who preceded me, had built \xe2\x80\x94 that temple had become dilapidated and I cleared away its debris down to the bottom of its foundation pit. I restored (it) from top to bottom and deposited my monumental inscription.'

<gold>: b' the one who drove out Nab\xc3\xbb-z\xc4\x93r-kitti-l\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1ir, son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan); (20) the one who sacked B\xc4\xabt-Dakk\xc5\xabri, which is in Chaldea, an enemy of Babylon; the one who captured \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-ibni, its king, a rogue (and) outlaw \xe2\x80\x94 I surrounded, captured, plundered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities \xe1\xb8\xaaandasu, Magalani, Alpiana, Di\xe1\xb8\xabr\xc4\x81ni, Qatabu\xca\xbe, Pad\xc3\xaa, (and) Ud\xc4\x93ru, fortified cities in the district of the land B\xc4\x81zu, together with small cities in its environs.'
<predicted>: b' the one who drove out Nab\xc3\xbb-z\xc4\x93r-kitti-l\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1ir, son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), the one who sacked B\xc4\xabt-Dakk\xc5\xabri, which is in Chaldea, an enemy of Babylon; the one who captured \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-ibni, its king, a rogue (and) outlaw \xe2\x80\x94 I surrounded, captured, plundered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Mar\xca\xbeubi\xc5\xa1tu (and) A cities of the district of the land B\xc4\x81zu, together with small cities in its environs.'

<gold>: b' When, by the commands of the gods Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk, the beloved of my royal majesty, and (with) the strong weapon of the awesome god Erra, the one who constantly strikes my enemies with lightning, I killed the Subarean (Assyrian) (and) turned his land into a mound of ruins (lit. \xe2\x80\x9ca mound and ruins\xe2\x80\x9d), at that time, (as for) Etemenanki \xe2\x80\x94 the ziggurat of Babylon, which had become very weak (and) had been allowed to collapse before my time \xe2\x80\x94 the god Marduk \xe2\x80\x94 (my) lord \xe2\x80\x94 commanded me to firmly secure its foundation on the surface (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cbreast\xe2\x80\x9d) of the netherworld (and) to have its summit rival the heavens.'
<predicted>: b' At that time, (with regard to) Ebabbar, the temple of the god Marduk, the beloved of the gods, the god Marduk, made the weapon of the land of the gods, the god Erra, had granted me to build the land and people, (and) the name of his city, the one who is assiduous towards (my) life, the one who is assiduous towards (my) life, the one who is assiduous towards (my) life, the one who is assiduous towards (my) life, the one who is assiduous towards (my) name, the one who is assiduous towards the shrines of the god Nab\xc3\xbb, my lord.'

<gold>: b' which a prince who preceded me had built had become dilapidated and I delineated its area (and) dug down to the bottom of its foundation pit. I reconstructed it from top to bottom (and) completed (it). I made its decoration more splendid than before. I inscribed my monumental inscription (and) deposited (it) therein. May a later prince restore its ruined (portions). May he see my monumental inscription and read (it). May he anoint (it) with oil, make sacrifices, (and) return (it) to its place. (Then) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, mistress of Nineveh, will listen to his prayers (and) in wars with kings on the battlefield will cause him to achieve success.'
<predicted>: b' A later prince who preceded me, had built, had become old and dilapidated. I delineated its area (and) reached (it) from its foundations to its parapets. (Then) I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its parapets. (Then) the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great lord, and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, mistress of Nineveh, will listen to his prayers.'

<gold>: b" After Yak\xc4\xabn-L\xc3\xbb, the king of the land Arwad, had gone to (his) fate, Azi-Ba\xca\xbeal, Ab\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal, (and) Ad\xc5\xabn\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal, the sons of Yak\xc4\xabn-L\xc3\xbb who reside in the middle of the sea, came up from the middle of the sea, came with their substantial audience gift(s), and (ii 55') kissed my feet. I looked upon Azi-Ba\xca\xbeal with pleasure and installed (him) as king of the land Arwad. I clothed Ab\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal (and) Ad\xc5\xabn\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal in garment(s) with multi-colored trim (and) placed gold bracelet(s around their wrists). I made them stand before me."
<predicted>: b' After Yak\xc4\xabn-L\xc3\xbb, the king of the land Arwad, had gone to (his) fate, Azi-Ba\xca\xbeal, Ab\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal, (and) Ad\xc5\xabn\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal, the sons of Yak\xc4\xabn-L\xc3\xbb who reside in the middle of the sea, came up from the middle of the sea, came with their substantial audience gift(s), and kissed my feet. I looked upon Azi-Ba\xca\xbeal with pleasure and installed (him) as king of the land Arwad. I clothed Ab\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal (and) Ad\xc5\xabn\xc4\xab-Ba\xca\xbeal in garment(s) with multi-colored trim and placed gold bracelets (around their wrists). I made them stand before me.'

<gold>: b' of E\xc5\xa1arra, humble ruler; steadfast choice of the deities S\xc3\xaen, Ningal, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, and Aya; beloved of the deities Marduk, Zarpan\xc4\xabtu, Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) Ta\xc5\xa1m\xc4\x93tu; creation of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar who resides in Nineveh (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar who resides in Arbela, favorite of the gods Nergal and Nusku; (5) the one whom (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the goddess Mullissu, and the great gods, steadfastly looked upon among my brethren and selected for kingship; they commanded me to perform the roles of provisioner of all cult-centers, priest of all sanctuaries, (and) shepherd of the totality of the black-headed (people);'
<predicted>: b' (With regard to) Ebabbar, the temple of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess Mullissu, the beloved of the god S\xc3\xaen (and) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, the lady of everything \xe2\x80\x94 the one who (re)constructed the temple of the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, and I\xc5\xa1tar, the gods who support me, (v 10) the gods Nab\xc3\xbb and Marduk, the gods who support me, (and) the gods who dwell in the presence of the deities A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Mullissu, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, Adad, and Nusku, the gods who support me, (and) allowed me to the king, my ancestors.'

<gold>: b' Whoever changes, disregards, transgresses or erases the oaths of this tablet or disregards ... this treaty and transgresses its oath, may the guardian(s) of this treaty tablet, A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the gods, and the great gods, my lords, ... the statue of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, or the statue of Assurbanipal, the great crown prince designate, or the statue of his brother ... the seal of the great ruler, father of the gods, ... You shall guard this treaty tablet which is sealed with the seal of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the gods, and set up in your presence, like your own god.'
<predicted>: b' The tablet of this tablet (or) the tablet of this tablet has done in this treaty. He does not act with (this) treaty (or) treaty with (this) treaty or who has sinned against the treaty of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, king of the gods, and the great gods, the great gods, my lords, or (other) treaty with the seal of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great crown prince designate, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, your lord, the crown prince of the great gods, the great gods, my lords, or (other) treaty with the seal of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the great crown prince designate, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, your lord.'

<gold>: b' Great gods, managers of heaven (and) underworld, whose attack means conflict and strife, who make great the sovereignty of Tiglath-pileser, beloved prince, your select one, attentive shepherd, (i 20) whom you chose in the steadfastness of your hearts; upon him you set the exalted crown, you grandly established him for sovereignty over the land of the god Enlil, to him you granted leadership, supremacy, (and) valor, you pronounced forever his destiny of dominion (i 25) as powerful and (the destiny) of his priestly progeny for service in E\xe1\xb8\xabursagkurkurra;'
<predicted>: b' Great gods, managers of heaven and underworld, whose attack means conflict (and) strife, who make great the sovereignty of Tiglath-pileser, beloved prince, the one who direct fates, the one who controls the heart of all the lands; the one who (re)constructed the temple of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (and) the protection of his enemies, (and) the protection of his enemies, I:'

<gold>: b" With the exalted strength of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, (my) lord, (iii 40) commanded me to march to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaaria and the army of the extensive Pap\xe1\xb8\xab\xc3\xbb in high mountains where no other king had ever gone. Putting my chariotry and army in readiness I took a rugged route between Mount Etnu and Mount Aia. In the high mountains, which thrust up like pointed daggers and which (iii 45) were impassable for my chariots, I put the chariots on (the soldiers') necks (and thereby) passed through the difficult mountain range. All of the Pap\xe1\xb8\xab\xc3\xbb, their extensive army, joined together and aggressively (iii 50) they took up a position to wage war, combat, and battle in Mount Azu. I fought with them in rough mountainous terrain (and) brought about their defeat. I built up mounds with the bodies of their warriors in the plains of the mountain (and) made (iii 55) the blood of their warriors flow into the hollows and plains of the mountain. I stormed the cities which were on mountain ledges (and) conquered 25 cities of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaaria which lies at the foot of Mounts Aia, \xc5\xa0uira, Etnu, (iii 60) \xc5\xa0ezzu, \xc5\xa0elgu, Arzanibiu, Urusu, and Anitku. I carried off their booty, possessions, (and) property. I burnt, razed, (and) destroyed their cities."
<predicted>: b' With the exalted troops of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I mustered my troops and troops (and) which the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu, which (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I conquered (and) conquered the entire land of the \xc5\xa0ubaru of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu, which is on the foot of Mount \xe1\xb8\xaaad\xc4\x81nu to Mount Lebanon and the land of the mountains. I conquered the cities of the lands Nairi, all of the mountain, in which the troops of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaab\xe1\xb8\xabu, and the land of the \xc5\xa0ubaru who had fled from my weapons (and) which is unsuitable for all the lands Nairi. I conquered the lands of the lands Nairi (and) conquered the entire land of the lands Nairi. I conquered the lands of the lands Nairi (and) of the mountains, which are at the foot of Mount Uad\xc4\x81nu.'

<gold>: b' (As for) the kings of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti (Syria-Palestine), the Arameans who are on the shore of the Sea of the Setting Sun, (the people of) the land Qedar, (and) the Arabs: Ku\xc5\xa1ta\xc5\xa1pi of the land Kummu\xe1\xb8\xabu, Raqi\xc4\x81nu (Rezin) of the land Damascus, (iii 5) Menahem of the land Samaria, Tuba\xca\xbeil of the city Tyre, Sibitti-ba\xca\xbeil (Sibitti-bi\xca\xbeil) of the city Byblos, Urik(ki) of the land Que, Sulumal of the land Melid, (iii 10) Uassurme of the land Tabal, U\xc5\xa1\xe1\xb8\xabitti of the land Atuna (Tuna), Urball\xc3\xa2 of the land Tu\xe1\xb8\xabana, Tu\xe1\xb8\xabamme of the land I\xc5\xa1tundi, Urimmi of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaubi\xc5\xa1na, (iii 15) Dad\xc4\xablu of the land Kaska, Pis\xc4\xabris of the city Carchemish, Panamm\xc3\xbb of the land Sam\xca\xbeal, Tar\xe1\xb8\xabulara of the land Gurgum, (and) Zabibe, queen of the Arabs \xe2\x80\x94 (iii 20) I imposed upon them tribute (and) payment of silver, gold, tin, iron, elephant hide(s), ivory, blue-purple (and) red-purple garments, multi-colored linen garments, camels, (and) she-camels.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti, the king of the land Arwad, the king of the land of the Arabs (and) the land of the land of the lands Amurru, \xc5\xa0aribitti of the land of the lands Byblos, Pan-il of the land Byblos, Sibitti of the land Tu\xe1\xb8\xabana, Tu\xe1\xb8\xabamme of the city Carchemish, \xc4\x92n\xc4\xab-il of the city Byblos, Pan\xe1\xb8\xabil of the land Tu\xe1\xb8\xabana, Tu\xe1\xb8\xabamme of the city Carchemish, \xc4\x92n\xc4\xab-il of the city Byblos, Pan\xe1\xb8\xabil of the land Tu\xe1\xb8\xabana, Tu\xe1\xb8\xabamme of the city Byblos, Tar\xe1\xb8\xabulara of the land Melid, Dad\xc4\xablu of the city Tubi\xc5\xa1, Urimmi of the city Tubi\xc5\xa1, Urimmi of the land Tu\xe1\xb8\xabana, Tu\xe1\xb8\xabamme of the city Tubi\xc5\xa1, Urimmi of the city Tubi\xc5\xa1, Urimmi of the city Tubi\xc5\xa1, Urimmi of the land Tu\xe1\xb8\xabana, Tu\xe1\xb8\xabamme of the'

<gold>: b' (As for) the people, the survivors of the cities B\xc4\xabt-Imb\xc3\xae, Kuzurt\xc4\x93in, D\xc5\xabr-\xc5\xa1arri, Mas\xc5\xabtu, Bub\xc3\xaa, B\xc4\xabt-Unz\xc4\x81ya, B\xc4\xabt-Arrabi, Ibrat, Dimtu-\xc5\xa1a-Tapapa, Akbarina, Gurukirra, Dunnu-\xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, \xe1\xb8\xaaam\xc4\x81nu, (vii 65) Kani\xe1\xb9\xa3u, Aranzia\xc5\xa1e, Naqid\xc4\x81te, Dimtu-\xc5\xa1a-Simame, B\xc4\xabt-Qatatti, \xc5\xa0a-kis\xc4\x81ya, Suba\xe1\xb8\xab\xc3\xaa, (and) T\xc4\xabl-\xe1\xb8\xaaumba(n), (vii 70) who had fled from the mighty weapons of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar during a previous campaign of mine (and) had taken to Mount (lit. \xe2\x80\x9ccity\xe2\x80\x9d) Saladri, a rugged mountain \xe2\x80\x94 (as for) those people who had established Mount (lit. \xe2\x80\x9ccity\xe2\x80\x9d) Saladri, a mountain, as their defensive position, (vii 75) the awe-inspiring brilliance of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, my lords, overwhelmed them (and) they fled to me from the mountain(s), their place of refuge, and grasped my feet. I conscripted them as archer(s and) added (them) to my royal contingent, which they (the gods) had placed in my hands.'
<predicted>: b' (As for) the people who had fled in the city B\xc4\xabt-Imb\xc3\xae, a fortress of the land B\xc4\xabt-Imb\xc3\xae, D\xc5\xabr-\xc5\xa1arri, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Uis\xc3\xaa, cities of the city B\xc4\xabt-Garusi, B\xc4\xabt-Zbiya, (iv 5) B\xc4\xabt-Aarusi, B\xc4\xabt-Zat\xc3\xaa, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Uis\xc3\xaa, (and) B\xc4\xabt-Uis\xc3\xaa, who had fled to the city B\xc4\xabt-Imb\xc3\xae, their fortified city, which were situated in the face of my mighty weapons and cut off their yoke. I cut off their heads, their property, their possessions, their property, (and) their people, their property, their possessions, (and) their people.'

<gold>: b' Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta, king of the universe, strong king, king of Assyria, conqueror of the rebellious \xe2\x80\x94 those who do not submit (to him and) who are hostile to the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur\xe2\x80\x94, defeater of all the unsubmissive rebels (of) the lands of the Uqumanu and Pap\xe1\xb8\xabu, crusher of the land Katmu\xe1\xb8\xabu (and) the army of the Qutu \xe2\x80\x94 difficult mountain (regions) \xe2\x80\x94, disperser of the forces of the land of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, overwhelmer of all the unsubmissive (of) the lands Alzu (and) Purulumzu, legitimate prince who marches about in the four quarters with the support of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the great gods and has neither successful opponent nor rival, capturer of enemy districts above and below, strong king, capable in battle, the one who took over the rule of all the lands Nairi and subdued the forty kings, their commanders, at his feet, (the one who) added the lands Azalzi (and) \xc5\xa0epardi to his territory, (the one who) brought about the defeat of Sumer and Akkad and (thereby) made manifest his power forever, (the one who) captured Ka\xc5\xa1tilia\xc5\xa1u, king of the Kassites; son of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria; son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I) (who was) also king of Assyria:'
<predicted>: b' Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta, king of the universe, strong king, king of Assyria, conqueror of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, conqueror of all the rebellious, conqueror of the rebellious \xe2\x80\x94 the one who control all the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru of the land of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety and the entirety of the lands Nairi and Purulumzu, strong king, capable in battle, the one who subdued all the lands from the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands of the \xc5\xa0ubaru in their entirety, conqueror of the lands'

<gold>: b' Moreover, Sanda-uarri, king of the cities Kundi and Siss\xc3\xbb, a dangerous enemy, who did not fear my lordship (and) abandoned the gods, trusted in the impregnable mountains. He (and) Abdi-Milk\xc5\xabti, king of Sidon, (iii 25) agreed to help one another, swore an oath by their gods with one another, and trusted in their own strength. I trusted in the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l, and Nab\xc3\xbb, the great gods, my lords, (iii 30) besieged him, caught him like a bird from the midst of the mountains, and cut off his head. \xe2\x80\x9cIn Ta\xc5\xa1r\xc4\xabtu (VII) \xe2\x80\x94 the head of Abdi-Milk\xc5\xabti! In Addaru (XII) \xe2\x80\x94 the head of Sanda-uarri!\xe2\x80\x9d I beheaded (both) in the same year: (iii 35) With the former I did not delay, with the latter I was quick. To show the people the might of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, I hung (the heads) around the necks of their nobles and I paraded in the squares of Nineveh with singer(s) and lyre(s).'
<predicted>: b' Moreover, Sanda-arriarri, king of the cities Kundi (and) Siss\xc3\xbb, a dangerous enemy, who did not fear my lordship (and) did not fear my lordship. By the command of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), and Nab\xc3\xbb, the great gods, my lords \xe2\x80\x94 I trusted in the month Judah, the great gods, my lords, and (then) he trusted in the beginning of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), and Nab\xc3\xbb, the great gods, my lords, I trusted in the same way to the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), and Nab\xc3\xbb, the great gods, my lords, I trusted in the beginning of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, and Nab\xc3\xbb, the gods, my lords, and the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, S\xc3\xaen, \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1, B\xc4\x93l (Marduk), and Nab\xc3\xbb, the great gods, my lords, and (then) he trusted in the beginning of the gods'

<gold>: b' The one who fled into the sea to save his (own) life did not escape my net and did not save himself. The swift (runner) who took to the stepped ridges of remote mountains, I caught him like a bird from the midst of the mountains and bound his arms. I made their blood flow like floodwater in mountain gullies. I ripped out the roots of the Sut\xc3\xbb, who live in tents in a remote place, like the onslaught of a raging storm. Neither he who made the sea his fortress nor he who made the mountain his stronghold escaped my net (or) succeeded in escaping. (v 20) I ordered the (re)settling of those of the sea to the mountains (and) those of the mountains to the sea. At the command of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, who can rival me in kingship? Moreover, who among the kings, my ancestors, was there whose dominion was as great as mine? From the midst of the sea, my enemies spoke thus: \xe2\x80\x98Where can the fox go to get away from the sun?\xe2\x80\x99'
<predicted>: b' As for me, in which in the terrace, from which the kings, my ancestors, had fled, had fled to me, had (it) up in the distant mountains, (and) who had fled from my weapons (and) had fled against me, did not come like a mountain \xe2\x80\x98yes\xe2\x80\x99 to the mountain (and) which is situated to the kings, my ancestors, (and) who had fled since the kings, my ancestors, had fled in the rising of the sea like a mountain (and) who had fled from my weapons in the midst of a sea (and) who had fled from my weapons in the midst of a sea (and) who had fled from my weapons (and) fell upon them, and had (them) fled in the territory of the land.'

<gold>: b' On my sixth campaign, I marched against Urtaku, the king of the land Elam who did not remember the kindness of the father who had engendered me (nor) did he respect my friendship. After famine occurred in the land Elam (and) hunger had set in, I sent to him grain, (which) sustains the live(s) of people, and (thus) held him by the hand. (v 30) (As for) his people, who had fled on account of the famine and settled in Assyria until it rained (again) in his land (and) harvests grew \xe2\x80\x94 I sent those people who had stayed alive in my land (back) to him. But (as for) the Elamite whose aggression I had not thought possible (lit. \xe2\x80\x9cI did not speak with my heart\xe2\x80\x9d) (and) a fight with whom I had not contemplated \xe2\x80\x94 B\xc4\x93l-iq\xc4\xab\xc5\xa1a, the Gambulian, Nab\xc3\xbb-\xc5\xa1uma-\xc4\x93re\xc5\xa1, the \xc5\xa1andabakku (governor of Nippur), (v 40) servants who belonged to me, (and) Marduk-\xc5\xa1uma-ibni, a eunuch of Urtaku who had sided with them, incited Urtaku, the king of the land Elam, with lies to fight with the land of Sumer and Akkad.'
<predicted>: b' On my sixth campaign, I marched against Urtaku, the king of the land Elam who did not remember the kindness of the father who had engendered me (nor) did he respect my friendship. After famine occurred in the land Elam (and) hunger \xe2\x80\x94 the people of the land Elam, famine, (and) the people of the land Elam who did not remember (me) in his land, who had fled on account of the famine (and) the people of the land Elam, which they had spoken in the land Elam, (as for) the rest(s) of (the god) A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur and the people of the land Elam who had fled with him, the governor of the land Elam, together with the people of the land Elam, together with the people of the land Elam, together with the people of the land Elam, together with the people of the land Elam, together with the people of the land Elam, together with the people of the land Elam, together with their people,'

<gold>: b' At the command of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) Marduk, I had a causeway constructed (lit.: \xe2\x80\x9ctrodden down\xe2\x80\x9d) across his canals and I caught him, together with his fighting men, like a flying eagle in a net. I spread out like malt (spread for drying) the corpses of his vanguard and of the A\xe1\xb8\xablam\xc3\xbb, the people of the steppe who go at his side, and I filled the surroundings of his city (with them). (vi 50) The city D\xc5\xabr-Yak\xc4\xabn \xe2\x80\x94 his treasure house \xe2\x80\x94 (and) the cities Iqbi-B\xc4\x93l, Kapru, B\xc4\xabt-Zabid\xc4\x81ya, \xc5\xa0\xc4\x81t-iddina, Zar\xc4\x81ti, Raqqatu, Eku\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1u, \xe1\xb8\xaaursaggalla, (vi 55) D\xc5\xabr-B\xc4\x93l-\xc4\x81liya, D\xc5\xabr-Enlil, B\xc4\xabt-Qibl\xc4\x81te, N\xc4\x93med-S\xc3\xaen, Lim\xc4\xabtu, (and) M\xc4\x81d-ak\xc4\x81l\xc5\xa1a, (a total of) fifteen fortified cities, together with the settlements in their environs, I turned into (ruin) mounds. I carried off as booty at the same time (vi 60) (both) the people \xe2\x80\x94 young (and) old \xe2\x80\x94 who lived in the district and the gods who helped them; I did not allow a (single) person to escape.'
<predicted>: b' At the command of the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, Nab\xc3\xbb, (and) Marduk, I had a causeway constructed (lit.: \xe2\x80\x9ctrodden down\xe2\x80\x9d) across his canals and I caught him, together with his fighting men, like a flying eagle in a net. I spread out like malt (spread for drying) the corpses of his vanguard and of the A\xe1\xb8\xablam\xc3\xbb, the people of the steppe who go at his side, and I filled the surroundings of his city (with them). The city D\xc5\xabr-Yak\xc4\xabn \xe2\x80\x94 his treasure house \xe2\x80\x94 (and) the cities Iqbi-B\xc4\x93l, Kapru, B\xc4\xabt-Zabid\xc4\x81ya, \xc5\xa0\xc4\x81t-iddina, Zar\xc4\x81ti, Raqqatu, Eku\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1u, \xe1\xb8\xaaursaggalla, D\xc5\xabr-B\xc4\x93l-\xc4\x81liya, D\xc5\xabr-Enlil, B\xc4\xabt-Qibl\xc4\x81te, N\xc4\x93med-S\xc3\xaen, Lim\xc4\xabtu, (and) M\xc4\x81d-ak\xc4\x81l\xc5\xa1a, (a total of) fifteen fortified cities, together with the settlements in their environs, I filled'

<gold>: b' With regard to the city Urra\xe1\xb9\xadina\xc5\xa1, their stronghold situated in the land Panaru, the terror, fear, (and) splendor of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed them. To save (ii 40) their lives they took their gods (and) possessions and flew like birds to ledges on high mountains. Taking my chariotry and army I crossed the Tigris. \xc5\xa0adi-Te\xc5\xa1ub, son of \xe1\xb8\xaaattu\xe1\xb8\xabu, king (ii 45) of the city Urra\xe1\xb9\xadina\xc5\xa1, submitted to me in his own land. I took his natural sons and his family as hostages. He brought to me as tribute and tax 60 copper kettles, bronze vats, (ii 50) and large bronze bath-tubs, together with 120 men, cattle, and sheep. I accepted his (tribute), spared him (and) preserved his life. (ii 55) I imposed upon him forever the heavy yoke of my dominion. I completely conquered the extensive land Katmu\xe1\xb8\xabu and subdued it.'
<predicted>: b' The city Urzuhina, the fortified city of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, which had been discovered with the mighty radiance of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed the border of A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, my lord, overwhelmed them. I imposed upon them tribute and impost. I imposed upon them tribute and impost.'

<gold>: b' Shalmaneser, strong king, governor (appointed by) the great gods, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukult\xc4\xab-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of Assyria; conqueror from the upper sea to the lower sea of the land Nairi, and the great sea of the west, from Mount Amanus, as far as Mount Lebanon, I gained dominion over all of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti. I conquered from the source of the Tigris to the source of the Euphrates. I conquered from the land Enzi, the lands Su\xe1\xb8\xabni, Melid, Tummu, Dai\xc4\x93nu, Urar\xe1\xb9\xadu, as far as Ar\xe1\xb9\xa3a\xc5\xa1kun, the royal city of Aramu, the Urar\xe1\xb9\xadian. I overwhelmed like a flood the lands Gilz\xc4\x81nu (and) \xe1\xb8\xaaubu\xc5\xa1kia. I raged like fire from Mount Kullar as far as the lands Munna, Parsua, Allabria, Abdad\xc4\x81nu, Namri, \xe1\xb8\xaaaban, as far as the land Tuglia\xc5\xa1.'
<predicted>: b' Shalmaneser, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti, to the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti (Syria-Palestine), (and) the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti. I conquered from the source of the River Subnat to the land Dai\xc4\x93nu, the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti, (and) the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti (Syria). I conquered the land after the \xc5\xa0ubaru (and) conquered the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti, (and) the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti (Syria) from the land \xe1\xb9\xa2ibar \xe2\x80\x94 which is at the foot of the Euphrates, (and) the land \xe1\xb8\xaaatti (Syria).'

<gold>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-b\xc4\x93l-kala, great king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, king of all the four quarters, provider for Ekur, select of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, appointee of the Lord of the Lands, who acts with the support of the god A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur in laying low his enemies, whose deeds the gods A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur (and) Enlil ... , the unconquerable attacker, the one to whom was entrusted dominion of Assyria, the one who disintegrates all enemy lands with the fire of Girru (fire god), controller of the insubmissive, the one who breaks up the forces of the rebellious, the one who defeats his enemies, ... throws down, is changed the one who ... in battle has overwhelmed all princes, ... the one who ... has conquered the lands of all people from Babylon of the land Akkad to the Upper Sea of the land Amurru and the sea of the lands Nairi, the one who ... has become lord of all;'
<predicted>: b' A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur-b\xc4\x93l-il\xc4\x81ni, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all the four quarters, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (II) (who was) also king of the universe (and) king of Assyria; son of Adad-n\xc4\x81r\xc4\x81r\xc4\xab (I) (who was) also king of Assyria:'

<gold>: b" I have taken an area of 1,000 hectares of land in the province of the Inner City (as a) town and named it Qibit-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur \xe2\x80\x94 adjoining the ... of Kassubu, a tanner of coloured leather from the Inner City; adjoining Kar-Mullissu of \xc5\xa0ama\xc5\xa1-abu'a, the prefect of ... na; adjoining the village of Qurdi-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, the palace supervisor; adjoining the ... town of the prefect of Calah; adjoining the ... of NN; adjoining the ... town of the prefect of the Inner City; adjoining Harbat-niari of the shepherd of the (cultic) meal of \xc5\xa0abbu; adjoining Ilumma-le'i, the village manager of \xc5\xa0abbu; adjoining the village of \xc5\xa0umma-ila'i; adjoining \xe1\xb9\xa2u\xe1\xb9\xa3anu; adjoining the king's road that goes from Ekallate to ... ; adjoining the road that goes from Bit-\xe1\xb9\xa3u\xe1\xb9\xa3ani to Samanu."
<predicted>: b" an estate of x hectares of land in the Inner City, in the province of Kabbi'i-A\xc5\xa1\xc5\xa1ur, governor of Kasu, a ... , the governor of the Inner City, and the governor of the Inner City, and the governor of Guzana, the city-lord of Bit-Adad, the city-ruler of the Palace of the governor of Guzana, the governor of Guzana, the governor of Guzana, the governor of Guzana, the governor of Guzana, the governor of Guzana, the city-ruler of Bit-Adad, the city-ruler of Bit-Adad, the governor of the Inner City, the royal village of the governor of Guzana, the governor of Guzana, the city overseer of the Palace, and the governor of Calah, the city-lord of the province of Guzana and the governor of the Inner City;"

<gold>: b' In the hidden depths of (its) subterranean waters I bonded together, with bitumen, reeds below (and) strong mountain stone above, then I raised (that) area out of the water and converted (it) to dry land. I filled in and measured a terrace of 700 large aslu-cubits along (its) longer side, 176 large aslu-cubits along (its) upper, northern shorter side, 268 large aslu-cubits along the inner, shorter side, (which is) opposite the zam\xc3\xbb-wall of the shrine behind (the temple of) the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, 383 large aslu-cubits along the other, parallel, inner shorter side, (which is) on the west behind the ziggurrat of the temple of the goddess I\xc5\xa1tar, (and) 386 large aslu-cubits along the lower, southern shorter side, (which is) beside the Tigris River. (80) In order to prevent its foundation from being weakened over the passage of time by cresting flood(s), I surrounded its base with large limestone slabs (and thereby) reinforced its base.'
<predicted>: b' In the hidden depths of its subterranean waters I bonded together, with bitumen, reeds below (and) strong mountain stone above, then I raised (that) area out of the water and converted (it) to dry land. (50) I filled in and measured a terrace of 700 large aslu-cubits along (its) longer side, 162 large aslu-cubits along the inner, shorter side, (and) 386 large aslu-cubits along the lower, southern shorter side, (which is) beside the Tigris River.'

<gold>: b" May Adad, the canal inspector of heaven and earth, cut off rain from your land, and may your fields lack grain, may he submerge your land with a great flood; may the locust who diminishes the land devour your harvest; may the sound of mill or oven be lacking from your houses, may the grain for grinding disappear from you; instead of grain may your sons and your daughters grind your bones; may not (even) your (first) finger-joint dip in the dough, may the q\xc4\x81q\xc4\x81nu-worm eat up the dough from your bowls. May a mother bar the door to her daughter. In your hunger eat the flesh of your sons! In want and famine may one man eat the flesh of another; may one man clothe himself in another's skin; may dogs and swine eat your flesh; may your ghost have nobody to take care of the pouring of libations to him."
<predicted>: b' May Adad, the canal inspector of heaven (and) earth, may she, the earth, granted you, (and) may they make the land of your army; may he (even) your (first) sons, may he (= the dead) may he (= the future) may they (= the gods) may he (= the gods) may he (= the gods) may he (= the gods) may he (= the gods) may he (= the gods) may he (= the gods) may he (= the gods) may he (= the gods) make the flesh of your sons and your daughters; may he (= the gods) make the flesh of your sons and your daughters; may he (= the gods) make the flesh and the flesh of your sons, your sons and your daughters; may your ghost go to you.'