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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-belu-taqqin. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) News of Merodach-Baladan: he is [in N]ippur. (5) News of Bit-Dakkuri: he is staying [in ...], and they are [kee]ping watch over him. (7) [...] Chal[deans ......] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Aššur-[belu-taqqin]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning the attack about which [the king, my lord], wrote to me: "Who released [...]?" — [NN], the priest of Uruk, sent [NN] to him; it was he who ga[ve] (the order) to release (him). (9) Merodach-Baladan is [in] Dur-Yakin. (11) Ina-qibi-Bel-abluṭ and Nabû-hamatua went [to the to]wn Ubulu of Puq[udu, and sta]yed there for two days; having told the Puqudu to summon their king's men, they returned and went [to s]tay in [...]. (17) Perhaps [the king, my lord, will s]ay: "W[hy are they]…