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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-[nadin]-šumi. Good health to the king, m[y lord]! May Nabû and Marduk very gr[eatly bless the king, my lord]! (Break) (r 1) [I]f he has become troublesome, may that gracious face [of the king], my lord, tur[n] away from him! And inasmuch as Ištar of N[ineveh] and Ištar of Arbela have said: "We shall root out from Assyria those who are not loyal to the king, our lord!" he should really be banished from Assyria! (r 10) May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel and Nabû feel concern over the health of the king, my lord!
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-nadin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk greatly bless the king, my lord! (7) [Concerning] the governor [...] (Break) (r 1) Let them recite it, write it down and send it to him; he will get afraid of the king and obey. (r 4) Otherwise I swear by your gods that he shall not obey but take away (the country) and separate (from Assyria). (r 9) A servant of the king has come [......] (Rest destroyed)
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