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(1) [To] our [lord: your servants] Issar-šumu-ereš, [Urad]-Ea, and [Marduk]-šakin-šumi. The best [of he]alth [to] our lord! [May Nabû and] Marduk bless our lord! (10) [In accordance with what] our lord [wr]ote to us: "[on the 29]th day, a solar [eclipse took place," — we shall p]erform the pertinent [apotropaic ritual; somebody should s]it (on the throne) [and remo]ve [your evil].
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(1) To the 'farmer,' my lord: your servant Issar-šumu-ereš. Good health to the 'farmer,' my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the 'farmer,' my lord! (6) Concerning the wa[tc]h (for the lunar eclipse) about which the ['farmer'], my [lord], wrot[e to m]e: "[...] (Break) (r 1) "If it should occ[ur], what is the word about it?" — the 14th day (signifies) the Eastland, the month Sivan (III) (signifies) the Westland, and the relevant 'decision' (pertains) to Ur. And if it occurs, the (interpretation concerning the) region it afflicts and the wind blowing will be quoted as well.
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