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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ša-Aššur-dubbu. The best of health to the king, my lord! (4) The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well. (6) As to the news of the priest of Penzâ about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "What did the king of Urarṭu send and decree for him about the official of [Ta]si? They should ask [...]" — (13) [......] the king, my lord, (14) [......] the royal bodyguard (15) [......] the messengers (16) [of the governor] of Pulua (17) [......] of Alzunu (18) [have co]me [... and arbitrated be]tween [... and] his brothers. (20) [With] clean [hands], the…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ša-Aššur-dubbu. The best of health to the king, my lord! (5) The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well. (7) I sent two eunuchs of mine with six soldiers and a seal(ed order) for the deserters in Penzâ; they went off with two cohort commanders and had the men brought down. (13) They had dinner there; the brother of the Šubrian (king) too dined with them there. (16) They set out together and were on their way home, when the Šubrians attacked them from an ambush and captured my two eunuchs and the six soldiers. Both of my cohort commanders…
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