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(Beginning destroyed) (7) [May they grant] to the lord [of kings], my lord, happ[iness, physical well-being, long] days, and [everlasting] year[s]. (12) 8 beam[s ...] which are in [...] to [...] (Break) (r 1) saying: "[I/he] received (it/them). You will give the [...] to u[s]. Let them return to [...]." (r 4) The [...] of the cella of [... ] and the foundation o[f the cella] of Taš[metu ...]. (r 8) Wh[at ...] (r 9') (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-ahhešu. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur and Ešarra bless the king, my lord. May Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu, Nanaya, and all the gods who dwell in Esaggil lengthen the days of the king, my lord. May they firmly establish the throne of the king, my lord. May they grant happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord. (12) Esaggil, (including) the upper courtyard in the temple in which Bel and Beltia reside, together with its sanctuaries, and the cella of Tašmetu, the lower courtyard, together with its san[ctuaries] — every…
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