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(1) [x] hundred 10 talents in one wooden ch[est]; (2) 525 talents in one wooden chest; (3) 7,000 silver bowls in one wooden chest; (4) 108 silver bricks; (5) 720 silver bowls; (6) 69 bolts of silve[r]; (7) 8 shields of silver; (8) 4 yoke finials of silver; the scraps of silver are together (with it): (10) all, in one wooden chest. (11) 450 vessels of si[lver], be[longing to] the [chie]f cupbearer, in one wooden ches[t]. (r 2) [... of go]ld therein; (r 3) [... ca]pital therein. (r 4) [......]... (Rest destroyed)
Economy
(1) [The gol]d, from the [...] of the ornaments of the gods, which Aššur-bani, the governor of Calah, brought down. (5) Month of Iyyar (II), 15th day, eponym year of Inurta-alik-pani (711 B.C.). (6) 47 minas of gold, from the (statues of the) beasts; (7) 17 minas of refined (gold), one of them [......]; (8) 30 minas of second quality ...[...]; (9) 26 1/2 minas in [...]. (10) In all 63 1/2 minas [...]; (11) [...] mina(s) (Break) (r 1) ......; [...] has weighed out [...]. Month of Ab (V), 12th day [...]. (r 4) In all, 1 talent of the heavy sort [...], which the governor of Calah (and) the chief…