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(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant Na]bû-belu-ka''in. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! (4) [The letter which] the king, my lord, [se]nt to me, saying: "Dispatch a copy of it [to] Nabû-iqiša, and let him copy it and [disp]atch it [t]o the royal delegate of Araši" — the letter of his [which] he dispatched [has disappeared] from the hands of his messenger, and no[bo]dy knows [...]. (12) Two [...]s who came ... [have to]ld me: "The king, my lord, [...] the cohort commanders [who we]nt (there); they have been ki[l]led. [...] has collected them, they are [......]" (Break) (r 1) [The king's…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The report [on the Elam]ite which [I s]ent t[o the king] (6) [......]s (7) [......] (8) [...... Nabû]-iqiša (Break) (r 1) [I shall s]end [......] of the king of Elam. (r 3) [Now th]en I am sending to the king, my lord, the letter of [Na]ṣibi that came to [Nabû-iqiša]. (r 7) I went as far as Meturna with Il-yada', passed those people through, returned, and met Balaṭî on the 9th day in Dur-Bel-ila'i. Now then I am going where the king, my lord, sent me to. I have sent (word), and my king's men are on t…
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