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451 B
451 B
Your heart will recall the terror
"You will remember the terror that the Assyrians caused you when they attacked"
where is the scribe, where is he who weighed the money? Where is he who counted the towers?
"The officers of Assyria who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them have disappeared! Those men who counted our towers are gone!"
weighed the money
Money was valuable metal; its value was determined by its weight.