On the temple roof, Balasi, chief astrologer to king Esarhaddon, is scanning the sky ... (In the long run, the Elamites did rise against Assyria, even though the divination said they wouldn't; but ...

spent his days as crown prince and as king, where Esarhaddon, the father who begot me, was born, grew up, and ruled over Assyria, (where) he begot all the princes, increased his family, gathered his ...