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"inscription": "Making the garden of his pleasure their homeland are:/\nRosebush and box-tree, cypress and elm./\n\nPrey to hawk and prey to his cheetah are:/\nVulture and s\u012bmurgh, elephant and rhinoceros./\n\nSun and Moon, Venus and Mercury are at his feast:/\nFalcon-drum and goblet, bowl and candlestick./\n\nOverwhelming the corpses of his foes are:/\nPorcupine and stork, raven and kite.",
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