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(1) Tablet of Šuma-ukin to Nergal-naṣir: (3) (Concerning) what you wrote, "Give Arrabatu to Qallatu!" — Binitu, Tu'atu, Huluttu and Arrabatu (already) are at her disposal. Why did you during these 8 years think of Arrabatu (only now)? (10) (As to) what you wrote earlier, "You gave me silver during good times of the land, but during the destruction of the land you took it back" — what you wrote is correct. But as to the payment of silver that you made: (15) In the second year of King Merodach-Baladan, the silver that you wanted to have, (namely) 10 minas, was given to the Cuthaeans by…
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(1) Your servant Nabû-ušallim: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: (4) Concerning the Arameans of whom the king, my lord, wrote, there are among them Arameans, who came from Uruk. [They are] now on the shore of the channel o[f Merodach-Ba]ladan. (10) [...] among them (11) [have proce]eded (12) [...] they have gone (13) [...] I/he have examined (14) [...] of Barik-il (Break) (r 1) [...] none of them ran away and came to the king, my lord. By the gods of the king, my lord, none of those who have received favours from the son of Yakin has heard anything benevolent…
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