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(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Adad-šumu-uṣur and Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, our lord! (6) Concerning what the king wrote to us, [he has a]ssigned it as follows: "Once he is through with the [Sum]erian counterspells, he should thereafter finish the antiphone (series). Thereafter the others should do likewise."
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(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant] Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (5) Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me, I am heeding it and am currently making the preparations. (8) As a matter of fact, there is little room for manoeuvering. If it is acceptable to the king, my lord, those others should perform (their rite only) after these have done with their performance. Or [should we choose anot]her place? (Break) (r 2) [Nabû-g]a[mil has come] to Nineveh [and said that] Remutu, the [exorcist] who is in the service of…
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