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(1) [To the k]in[g, my lo]rd: [your servant Nashir]-Bel. Good health t[o the king], my [lord]! (3) [The land] of [the ki]ng is well; the for[t]s are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. (6) As to the news of the Urarṭians, the messenger of mine [wh]om I sent [to] the governor opposite me has come back; he spoke to him as the king, my lord, wrote me, saying: "Why do you capture our forts, while we are at peace?" (r 1) He said: "What should I do? If I have trespassed on your territory or your forts, call me to account." (r 5) His troops are assembled with him; he is keeping watch in Harda. This…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nashir-Bel. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The land of the king is well; the forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. (6) As to the news of the Urarṭians, the spies I sent to reconnoiter have informed me as follows: (9) "The governor opposite us is keeping watch with the deputy governor in the city Harda, opposite the Vizier; levied troops are positioned town by town in battle array as far as Ṭurušpâ. (15) "A messenger of Argisti has come by, saying: 'As to the work I ordered you to do, don't do it! Feed your horses until I send you a…
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