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(Beginning destroyed) (2) wrote "[......]." (3) [There are] shi[ps lined up] across the Borsippa river. In the days of Sargon and the father of the k[ing, my lord], as the Borsippa river was narrow, they trod a ra[mp] on them, (but) it did not stay in good condition. N[ow] in the times of the king, my lord, the river has swollen much; they have improved the ramp, but it will not stay in good condition. Let the bridge of ships be kept as it is; wh[en] the king, my lord, comes, they will put in an improved filling, (so that) the king, my lord, can cross over it in his chariot. (12) This year…
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(Beginning destroyed or too fragmentary for translation) (4) [......] their [...] within me (5) [...... In] my dr[eam], the king, my lord, [was ......] sitting [on the thr]one; a table [was placed before him and a ...] was swelling upon it. (8) [....... u]pon tablets. (9) [......] His face [was ...ed] towards the table (10) One of the tablets [rea]d as follows: "O Aššur, save [the life of] the one who puts his trust in you!" On the tablet [......] (Break) (r 2) [......] to the king, my lord, (r 3) [...... the god]s of Assyria; (r 4) [......] (r 5) By [Aššur, Sin Šamaš, Bel, Nabû Jupiter], Venu…
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