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(1) Your [servant] Amel-Nabû: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! [May Nabû and Mar]duk [bless] the king, [my] l[ord]! Say t[o the king, my lord]: (6) The king, [my] lo[rd, can] be glad. The palace, the magna[tes] (and) the guard [of ...] are [well]. There are no reports on Elam. (r 2) Whatever portents there have been, have all come for the city Qibi-Bel. I have heard it being said: "Now Qibi-Bel is to be destroyed and he is to go to the fortress of Yakin." All existing towns (r 13) [...] Qibi-Bel (r 14) [...] the lower [f]ortress (r 15) their [...] (r 16) [have b]een deported.
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(1) Your servant Amel-[Nabû: I would gladly die] for the king, my lord! May [Nabû] and Marduk bless [the king, my lord! Say] to the king, [my] lord: (6) Concerning what I w[rote] to the king, they have now finis[hed the harvest of] Bit-Y[akin ...], of Tarb[a...], (and) the harvest of [GN] (Break) (r 3) of Zeriya [...] (r 4) the people [...] (r 5) they will lead away [...] (r 6) May [the king] send word that they should stand [...] (r 8) the town ... and [...] (r 9) of Zeriya, the [...] (r 10) their side [...] (r 11) [One of] the cohort comman[ders ...] should inquire (and) re[port] to the ki[n…
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