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(1) [A tablet of NN to my brother NN. I am well; good health to] m[y broth]er! (5) As to what [my] brother wrote: "The day you se[e] my tablet, go up [...] to meet the king." (7) Is [h]e coming? It is not all due to me but [th]anks to my brother. (9) The whole world knows that I have devoted myself to my brother. Behold that my brother gives credence to my prosperity and my good fortune. (13) Let my brother send Nabû-le'i to me one day so that I can speak to him, and let him take in what I have to report and [s]ay, [a]nd let him tell it to my brother. (r 1) Let me hear my broth[er]'s answer…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [who ...]ed to cultivate their [fields ...] situated in outlying regions, saying: "Cultivate (them)!" - they are (now) being harvested. (6) [(...) su]stena[nce field(s)] (7) [...] .... (8) Now that Zeru-ibni has g[o]ne [t]o the king, my lord, (r 3) ...[...] one to Zeru-ibni ... who with Ṣalam-šar[ri]-i[qbi] and Ma[...] we said [...] (r 8) to li[v]e [...] (r 9) m[e]n who [...] f[ro]m (Break) (e. 1) The king, my lord, can be gl[ad ...] (e. 2) the captives whom the king, [my lord ......] (e. 3) a strong ox, their harve[st ......].
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