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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord]! May [Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord]! May [Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Bel], Nabu, [Nergal, Ištar of Nineveh] and Ištar of Ar[bela] ordain very much [vigour], health, h[appiness, physical well-being] and long-lasting d[ays] for [the king, my lord! [May they sa]te the king, [my] lord, with [old age] and fullness of life! [May they keep firm] the foundations of the [royal] thr[one of the king, my lord, until far-off days]! (Break) (r 2) [Da]y after day, mo[nth after month], year after year, up to a hund…
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(Beginning lost) (2) [May they keep] firm [the foundations of the r]oyal [throne of the king, my lord, until] far-off days! May happy [and good ne]ws day after da[y, month after mon]th, year after ye[ar] reach [the king], my [lord]! (8) [Concerning the salves] and fumigants about which [I wrote] to [the king, my lord], ten [...] (Remainder destroyed or too fragmentary for translation)
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