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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant, Nadin-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord. (4) As of now, no one is bringing in the first fruits of your land or the one-fifth tax from Barhalzi. I sold your servants in the merchant house, carried away the one-fifth tax, and performed it (the offering). The king should ask the scribes of the governor of Barhalzi as follows: "Why didn't you give the one-fifth tax to Aššur?" Moreover, the king should bear in mind that they are on strike at the expense of your gods. [...] (r 1) If the king does not punish one scribe, [the others] will not get scared.…
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(1) To the king, my lord: [your] servant, Mutakkil-Aššur. May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord. (7) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "Let the gods come for the treaty (ceremony)," [Na]bû is [sta]ying in the bedroom until the 12th day. On the [xth] day [...] (Rest destroyed)
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