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(1) [To Sar]gon, the king [of the lands, my lord]: your servant Nabû-[šuma-iškun]. May [Nabû] and Ma[rduk] ble[ss the king], my lord! Say to the ki[ng], my lord: (7) I now pray to Bel and Nabû for the life and the (regnal) years of the king, my lord, and [I look forward to] the arrival of the king, my lord, in the month Nisan (I). (13) [......] (14) [...] the king, my lo[rd ...] (Break) (r 2) Ever since the king girded the loins of Uqupu, he has done much wrong against me. He has tak[en] my garden by bringing it under flood. He has tak[en] 100 (kor) of my barley from me. 30 kor of the arable…
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(1) Your servant Rimutu: I would gladly die for Sargon, the king of the lands, the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: (7) The previous kings wanted excellent work from ancient times for Esaggil. Now [...] is making [...] doorjambs [for the king], his lord. (11) [... B]abylon (12) [...] concerning (13) [...] their work (Break) (r 4) field ... [...] (r 5) river [...] ... [...] ... (r 6) of Ku[..., Bel]šunu and Ninurta-naṣir, of which the king said: "I shall make the damage good" — the eyes of the men are darkened, (as) no damages have been made…
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