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(1) [Your servant Ma]rduk-šarru-uṣur: [Good health t]o the k[ing, my lord]! (Break) (r 1) [...] came[ls ...] (r 2) [...] ... [...] (r 3) Now then [I am sending] with my messenger one [...] who saw h[im]. Let the king, my lord, send a [bodyguard] with him [on ac]count of the women o[f the ...] of Dur-Bel-il[a'i].
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(1) To the governor, my lord: a tablet from Šamaš-abu-uṣur. (3) Ra'iwanu, the nephew of Bel-iddina from Nagiati has come and told me (this): (7) "The son of Zerî is crossing over at Bab-bitqi. The Itu'u, the Rubu'u, and the [Li]ta'u [have c]rossed [over be]fore them [at] the town Apallâ. The Rahihu [are spen]ding the night at the town Nunak." (r 7) Report it to the Palace! I have sent you in[fo]rmation!