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(1) [Your servant Nabû-šumu-lišir. I would gladly die] for the ki[ng of the lands, my l]ord! [May Nabû and Marduk bless] the ki[ng, my] l[ord! Say to the ki]ng of the lands, [my] lord: (5) [...] Ina-tešî-eṭir [...] (6) [...] 5 boxes with hem[s ...] (7) [...] ... of the palace [...] (8) [Es]aggil and Ba[bylon] (and) [...] the land [are well; ...... is] well. (Break) (r 1) [...] the king [...] (r 2) [...] of the heart [...] (r 3) [...] the loins [...] (r 4) [... Baby]lon [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) Your servant Qišti-Marduk: I would gladly die for Sargon, the king of Babylon, the king of the lands, the mighty king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless Sargon, the king of Babylon, the king of the lands, the mighty king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: (5) The sealed clay tablet which Sîn-duri, Nabû-šuma-iškun and their scribe wrote in Babylon and [sent] to the king, [my lord, ...] and the insolence ther[ein ...] — how can I hear anything through [...] and stay al[ive]! (11) [...] who have not retained gold in the holy cities [...] (12) After they wrote [...] (Break) (r 1) from [...]…
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