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(1) [Adad-nerar]i (III), overseer, [son of Šamš]i-Adad (V), [over]seer, [son of Sha]lmanes[er (III), likewise overseer]. (royal seal impressions) (Break) (r 1) [the cor]n taxes [of this village] shall not be collected, its [straw taxes] shall not be gathered. (r 3) [... T]iglath-Pileser (III) [......]. (r 4) In the future, [of t]his vi[llage] and all of its possessions, nothing shall be taken away [fr]om Sabu son of Ahi-Nanaya and his [desc]endents. (r 8) [By Ašš]ur, Adad, Ber and the [Ass]yrian [Ištar] — future prince: do not cast aside the wording of this tablet. (r 11) [......, eponym year…
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(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [These fiel]ds, buildings and pe[ople Tigla]th-Pileser (III), [king of Assyria, ex]empted (from taxes) and [gave to NN]. (r 4) The corn taxes of these fields and orchards [shall not be collected], the straw taxes shall no[t be gathered]. (r 7) [B]y Aššur, Adad, [Ber, the Assyrian Enlil] and the As[syrian] Ištar — future [prin]ce: [do not cast aside] the wording of [this] tablet. (r 10) [Month Marche]svan (VIII), 7th day, eponym year of Bel-[lu-dari, pre]fect of Till[ê] (730 B.C.).
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