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(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant] M[ar-Issar]. [Good health to the king], my lord! May Nabû and [Marduk] bless [the king, my lord]! May the great god[s] bestow long days, [well-being] and joy [upon the king], my lord! (5) We are giving silver to the masters who came with me, and they are overlaying the sanctuaries [of] Ezida as the king, my lord, commanded. Elallu limestone should be acquired and brought for the king, my lord's stand in Esaggil. The shares which I took with me, have been distributed to the delegates of Babylonia by myself and the cohort commander Idri-aha'u. (13) And…
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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good [health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless] the king, [my lord! May the great gods bestow long days], well-being and [joy] upon the king, my lord! (5) [The ...s of ...] and Uruk are not [doing] the w[ork and] not glazin[g the bricks ......]. (8) I went and [......]: "The inscri[ption ......]; why did you last year [...] but do not do [the work]?" (11) They said: "[...] are glazing [......] commanded me [......]." (14) I said: "[......] to the temple [......]" (Break) (r 2) [Furthermore], concerning [the Lady of Akkad about…
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