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(1) To the kin[g], my [lo]rd: (your) servant Ašipâ. (3) 6,000 (homers of) barley of the village manager Ṣil-Bel is near by. The rest of the barley has not been piled up. (8) (There is also) 2,000 (homers of) Nergal-eṭir; (9) (and) 3,000 (homers of) barley in Sippar. The barley is far from the river bank. (r 1) The barley is in place, (but) I cannot go to Sippar and the barley is far from the river. (r 6) If the king should say: 'Go (there)!', the work is in progress. They complain, saying: "From Cutha, from Kar-Nergal."