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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] I am [no]t able to [.... Now then] I am writing [to the king], my [l]ord; let the king, my lord, do what[ever he finds acceptab]le. (4) [... who] is making them stand [...] (5) [... "W]hy [are] my people at the disposal of [NN]? (6) [...] and the vizier [...] on it (7) [... the ... of] Ma'umaya are assembl[ing ...] (8) [...... I]l-yada' [...] (9) [......] Now from [...] (10) [...... Bit]-Šilanu [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Marduk-šarru-[uṣur]. Good health to the king, [my lor]d! (4) Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Where are these kakkussu-ornaments placed?" — they are placed upon the mole of the god Šidada, outwards. There are seven of them, and their weight is 5 minas and fifty shekels of gold. One mina and 10 shekels of the gold is for the breast of the god Humhum. A total of 7 minas of gold has been used in the time of the king, my lord, but there is no written record on it. (17) Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "What objects has…
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