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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) [x] Kushite horses, (8) [x] ...-horses of Kushite stock: (9) 2[4] Kushite horses total; (10) 10 cavalry mounts, 13 mules: (11) 50 in all from Damascus; (12) 10 Kushite horses [from the] recruits: (r 1) a total of 34 Kushite horses and 10 cavalry mounts — (r 3) 44 horses and 16 mules all together — (r 4) a grand total of 60 have come in today. (r 6) Month of Sivan (III), 4th day.
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) 121 cavalry mounts, (8) 1 cavalry ...-mount: (9) 122 cavalry [mounts] in all have come in from the commander-in-chief, incomplete; (12) 5 cavalry mounts have come in from the governor of Calah, incomplete — (15) a total of 127 cavalry mounts have come in today. (17) [Concerning] the [hors]es trained to the yoke which came in yesterday from Barhalzi and Arrapha and about which I wrote to the king, my lord. — I will array them early in the mornin…
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