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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Salmanu-[...]. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The king my lord told [me]: "Nobody will pay back your loans until the work on Dur-Šarruken is finished!" — (9) (Now) they have ref[unded] to the merchants (loans on) the portion of Dur-Šarruken that has been constructed, but nobody [has reminded] (the king) about me; 570 minas of silver with [my seal] and due this year have not been repaid as yet. (16) When the king, my lord, sold gold and pre[cious stones] on my account, I told the king, my lord, that my father was much in debt to Har[...], Huziru…
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(1) [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur servant] Tariba-Issar. [Good he]alth to the king, my lord! (4) [I] stood [alongside] the king's road, [in fron]t of the gardens, but the king did not pay attention to me, speaking as he was with Raṣappai. I went to the city of Adian and spoke with the rab mūgi officer, but nobody came to greet me so I became scared. (r 4) Now, I have collected 500 homers (= 100,000 litres) of barley in the city of Kilizi, and would like to deliver it. If the king my lord commands: "Collect barley for three palaces," I will collect it in Adian and Arbela as well. (e. 1) The bar…
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