courtiers, I thought, ‘He will seek my good in return for that which I have done for him’. Then 25the son of my sister whom I had brought up, imagined against me evil and said in his heart, 26‘Surely such words as these can I say, “This Aḥiḳar, the old man, who was seal-bearer 27to Senacherib the king your father has corrupted the land against you, for he is a counsellor and a skilful 28scribe and by his counsel and words all Assyria was (guided).” Then Esarhaddon 29will be greatly troubled when