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(Beginning destroyed) (4) [Perhaps the ki]ng, [my] lor[d, will s]ay: "How many stages are there [from] Hun[nur] to [Bit-Bunak]ki?" (7) [From Hun]nur to Bubilu it is [x stages, fr]om Bubilu [to Mada]ktu one stage, [from Madaktu t]o [Malak]ka [...]..., [from Mal]ak [to Bit-B]unakki [x stages, and from] Bit-Bunakk[i to] me three stages. (r 4) [...] has written to me: "[The king of] Elam heard [that a] citizen of Babylon has written to [Assyr]ia: '[Concern]ing the news of the king of Elam, tell your [lord] that [...... as f]ar as [...]'" (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant [Šamaš-belu-uṣur]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! The city of D[er and the fort a]re well. (5) My messenger [whom] I sent [to ...] has c[ome back and told me (this)]: (7) "Nabû-ušab[ši ......] (8) "from Hidal[u ......] (9) "six stag[es ......] (10) "there [......] (11) "the tr[oops ......] (12) "in Bubi[lu ......] (13) "The king of E[lam ... is] in Bit-B[unakki]. (15) Further, "the [...] is coming [......] (Break) (t.e. 2) of Inurta-[......] (t.e. 3) to the kin[g, my lord ...] (t.e. 4) I shall se[nd ...]
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