A Message from the King

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

I reign in a[ll (Judah (or: the land)]
Muster strength and [ . . . ]
the king of Egypt to [ . . . ]

Translated by
Anson F.
Rainey
from Shmuel Aḥituv’s Hebrew edition.
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