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(Beginning destroyed) (1) If [......] (2) I have heard that all the ordinances which were dissolved have become stable again. May Nabû and Tašmetu, the gods of this house, bless the king, his offspring and his offspring's offspring. (8) The scribe Kabtî, a servant of Aššur-da''in-aplu son of Shalmaneser (III), who gave me the Aramaic letter which I gave to the king, my lord, is saying to me: "Regarding the offender about whom I spoke to the king, my lord, his son enters and leaves the Palace. He is telling me: 'If he [ ...s] these [wo]rds to me, I [will tell them] to you.' (r 9) "8 [..]s who g…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-ka''in, the scribe. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless my lord. (6) There was an earthquake on the 21st of Elul (VI). The outer town in its entirety was damaged (lit. "scratched") but the whole wall of the outer city was saved; (only a stretch of) 30.5 cubits was torn out of it and fell into the centre of the city. (15) The House of God in its entirety was dam[ag]ed and cracked, but all the gods of the king are well. (19) The architrave of the window-opening of the House of God (and) [the ... of] Nabû (and) Adad…
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