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(1) [Your servant Qišti-Marduk: I would gladly die for Sargon, king of Babylon, king of the lands, the strong king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk] bless [Sargon, king of Babylon, king of the lands, the strong king, my lord]! Say [to the king, my lord]: (5) The guar[d of Esaggil and Babylon] and the gods of the king, my lord, are well. The king can be glad! [...] (8) The [hearts of] the whole of the land of Akkad [are happy]. (9) I am one who fears the king of the universe. [...] (10) [Perhaps the king] will say: "[...]." (11) The king [...] a fat-tailed sheep! (12) The gods of the king surely…
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(1) [Your servant Qišti-Marduk: I would gladly die] for the king, [my lo]rd! May [Na]bû and Marduk bless [Sargon, the king of Babylon, the ki]ng of the lands, the mighty king, [my lord! Say to] the king, my lord: (Rest destroyed)
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