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(1) [Your servant Marduk: I would gladly] die [for the king, my lord! May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king, my lord]! Say [to the king, my lord]: (4) [Concerning] what the king wrote: "[...] (5) [...] to Bit-D[akuru ...] (6) [...] like the town [...] (7) [...] he will kill and [...] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [Tablet] of the magnates of the Hamureans of [... to the ki]ng, their lord: (4) [The king s]ent [the le]tter of Balassu, (and) for three years we have kept [the guard] with the noblemen [of As]syria, (and) our [land] has feared the king. (10) [...] now as [...] (11) [...] Marduk-šarru-uṣur [...] (12) [...] we have kept guard (13) [...] we have kept guard (14) [...] the king, our lord, (15) [...] we have sustained (16) [Ana-Na]bû-taklak [has handed] over to us the letter of the king, [our lord]. (18) [...] ... (19) [...] he adds (Break) (r 2) [... in]to wastelands (r 3) [...] our wives…