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(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Nabû-belu-ka''in]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning what the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "I [gave] you [explicit orde]rs regarding the work on [...], but you do not obey [me]" — if I did not obey the king, my lord, whom else would I obey? Now, the king, my lord, has (already) three or four times written to me in this manner; how can I live? My heart does not beat, blood has dried up in my veins. (15) I do my work like my equals. I am not the first among them, nor am I the worst; I do as they do. Why does the king, my lord, single…
