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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Akkullanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (5) Concerning the priests of Cal[ah] about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, I questioned a priest personally; he said as follows: (Break) (r 1) "Nobody has hea[rd] their story [...]. I [gave] the order: 'Let them be held in my house [...] until the king summons them and asks about his servants who were killed.'"
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(1) [To] the king, my lord: [your servant] Akkullanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May [Nabû] and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (5) [M]ars has appeared in the path of the Enlil stars at the feet of Perseus; it is faint and of a whitish colour. I saw it on the 26th of Iyyar (II) when it had (already) risen high and I am subsequently sending the relevant interpretation to the king, my lord: (9) [If] Mars approaches Perseus, there will be a rebellion in the Westland; brother will slay his brother; the palace of the ruler will be plundered; the treasure of the country will go over to…
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