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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the gold for the winged claw of which the king, my lord, wrote to me, (8) I weighed it out, and it was half a mina according to the standard of Babylon. Part of the gold is extra. I have sealed it and am sending it herewith to the king, my lord. (r 1) Šuzubu told [me]: "They gave it to me according to the half-mina of Babylon."
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to this gold of which the king wrote to me: "Why did you give it? [......] of [......]," (6) this [......] 11 talents [......] alone [......] to the king [...... (Break) (r 1) of the king [......] one shekel from the išk[āru] dues [......]. They have weighed it in my presence but have not yet received it. (r 4) We have not [yet] received the rest of the gold [from PN]. He has returned one mina of the yield of wool (retrieved) from the son of [Kenî], but [... minas] of the gold is still [outstanding].…
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