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(Beginning destroyed) (2) news of [......] (3) Already before [they] wro[te to me from the Palace], (5) [(when) there was little] water in the river, (6) [I sent out] scou[ts]; (7) [they went] to the 'head' of the ci[ty], (8) (reporting): "[......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(1) To the [king, my lord]: your servant [Nashir-Bel]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! (4) [The land of the king] is well; the fo[rts of the king] are well. The king, [my] lo[rd, can be glad]. (7) When the king, my lord, set out to [the country of ...], the ki[ng, my lord], arrived in [...], and I [wrote to ...] to Bit-Zaman[i ...] concerning the kin[g's] me[n]: (12) "Go and get 100 king's men, and come and b[ring them]; I should do [......]." (15) The 'third man' [......] (Break) (r 1) "Why [...] the horses [...]? (r 3) "Why [......] to the Chaldeans? [They should cultivate] the arable…