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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant .... Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what the king my lord wrote to me: "[...]ṣame the Palace Superintendent is right now bringing [capti]ves [to you]" [...... (Break) (r 1) ... which I] have not brought in (but) have appointed. [On the ...th] I left for my work in Dur-Šarruken.
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(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (r 2) Now Bel-i[qbi] (is telling me): "Bring me the barley I gave to your [...] and let me give it to the king's captives!" (r 8) Has the king my lord sent a messenger, and [has he s]een their houses and silos? They have weakened me, and no matter what is told them, they refuse to listen to me. (r 18) Aššur-ašared, a bea[rded] (courtier) [...] in the city of Ni[......]. (Break) (e. 1) [The container]s of water [......] have been finished [.....]