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(1) [The king's word] to [Illil-bani]: I am w[ell; y]ou can be glad. (3) Now then I am writing to you: this cripple is trying to ... get out fortified zone. Be cautious, keep watch over him, (and) appre[hend him] in your hands. Once he has disappeared, what will ... him and who will [...] with him? (10) Stand by and [...] (11) will catch the pursued one [...] (12) Let [the guard] be strong [...]. (13) Don´t be negligent; [during] this [mont]h you, the sh[eikhs] and the Urukians [who are w]ith you should not be separated from one another. (17) [He] has power [to do] the things that you hear…
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(1) To Nabû-ušabši: (2) Concerning the horses about which you wrote, even before you wrote I sent the treasurer Aššur-gimilli-tere with the army. Do whatever is opportune to do, be it to block the canal or to [subjug]ate those people. (13) After the letter which you sent I am sending to you Bel-eṭir and Arbayu the cohort commander with 200 horses, to assist you in the work. (rest (2 lines) uninscribed)
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