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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] Ka[r-Šarrukin ...] (2) [......] city-lords [...] (3) [......] Aya-barakka [...] (Break) (r 1) the expedition to [......] (r 2) he came. I spo[ke] with him a[s the king my lord] had ord[ered me] and said: "The king, my lord, is here; [......]." (r 6) He became very glad, saying: "[Now] I know that the rumour which I have hear[d] is a lie [...! From] now on [...]" (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the king, [my lord: your servant NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! (3) When [I was] in the city Ur[ku...], 200 men [......] of the city they [......]. (6) I spok[e .......]: "Who is the one wh[o ......] to you?" Th[ey .......]. (9) The king, my lord, know[s that ... who] came [...] in [......]. They said: "A subdued man [......]" (11) (Break) (16) [...] in their hands [... came] to [me in Ma]zamua. (18) [I ...... a]s the king, my lord, com[manded] (19) [... li]ke me on the 19[th] day [...] (20) [...] they place[d ......] (21) I set o[ut with t]hem [...] (Break) (r 1)…