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(1) [The king's] wor[d to Nabû-ušabši]: (2) Conc[erning ... about which you wrote to me], "[Why has the king] remo[ved ... ?]" (4) I w[ro]te to you [a]s from [the beginning]: "You and the g[overnors], stay and work (together), and bring food to me." I w[ro]te to you [a]s from [the beginning]: ''You and the g[overnors], stay and work (together), and bring food to me." Did you not hear th[us]? . Now w[hy] did you say, "What is my fault?" It is not your fault! It is the fault of your colleagues, the governors whom I keep sending but who do not come, stay and work with you! (16) [As to what you…
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(1) The king's word to Nabû-ušabši: I am well; you can be glad. (4) Concerning the words of Bel-ušallim about which you wrote, write to him as follows: (7) "As to the son of Ea-zera-qiša and the elders of Bit-Amukani about whom you wrote, what you did is good; you have done a thing that is good to the house of your lord." (13) "And regarding the matters of the Lady Humbustu, about which you wrote: 'I have written to the Palace about them' — the king does not render the verdict of men who go to the king until Bel-ušallim comes into the presence of the king, my lord, and gives him a counsel…
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