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(1) Sapiku, Aqaba, La-baši, Zaqiru, and Bel-le'i, a total of five men from Darati, have spoken thus: (3) "We bear the responsibility for Darati. We shall bring Sa'eru and whatever men are loyal to him into the city by means of tunnels, capture Darati and give it to Marduk-šarru-uṣur. Let them work on the houses. At a house which lends itself to the work we will cut a tunnel inside, and we shall bring in the men through it. They should work on (the houses of) Eriba and Sîn-duru-uṣur. (r 2) "After one of them has by studied words entered Darati, we shall bring the men in through the tunnels and…
