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(1) [To the king], m[y] lord: [your servant Marduk]-šarrani. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! (4) [Concerning what the king], my [lord], wrote to me: "Nabû-šarru-ibni [and Makk]ame have appealed to me, [saying]: '[...] from among the gardener(s), [NN] son of [NN] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) He says: "Marduk-šarrani has said to Merodach-Baladan: 'Who is plotting [against m]e in Assyria? I have indeed bec[ome a ...! ...] from whom there is no witness.'" (6) [...] says: "Marduk-šarrani has said [to the son of Ya]kin: '[Who in] Assyr[ia ......]' (Break) (r 2) [... says: "]Marduk-šarrani has said [to the son of Ya]kin: '[... who] know[s] the shepherd [... who] lays your throne in [your] ha[nds ......]. And I [......] of Assyria [...] does not sin [...].'" (r 9) "He has (also) said to the son of Yakin: 'There is no water in Dur-Šarrukku. If you come and launch an attack on it, you…