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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant, Marduk-šallim-ahhe, the one who blesses you. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbela very greatly bless the king, my lord. May they give to the king, my lord, long days and years of physical well-being. (15) This 5th day belongs to Talmusu. No oxen, no rams — nothing whatever has come. (r 2) For the s[ake of the li]fe of the k[ing, m]y [lord, ...] (r 4) (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [May they give to the king], [m]y [lor]d [......]. (2) Th[is 5th day of the month ... belongs to] Kurba'il. [Noth]ing has been brought. [...], early in the morning [that which NN] brought he left before the gate. I did [not ...] or see [the ...] who brought it. (Break) (r 2) I have completely carried out [the sacri]fices of the 5th day [fo]r the king, my lord, and his lord. I performed them [be]fore Aššur and the gods [of] the king, my lord. I also prepared to perfection the entire meal for the [5]th. (r 8) [...] just as [NN ...] (r 9) [...] the father of the kin[g, m…
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