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(1) [To] the king, [my lord]: your servant Ba[lasî]. Good health to [the king], my lord! [May] Nabû [and Marduk bless] the king, my lord! (6) Concerning the crown prince [about whom the king, my lord], wrote to me: "[I have been told that he should not go out]doors on the 1st day" — this [applies] (rather) to the 2nd day. (10) Concerning the 1st and the [4th] days about which the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "Which one is fa[vourable]?" — both are fav[ourable]. We call the 4th day a 'new day.' A new day has the same qualities as the beginning of a month; it is favourable. (18) As to what was…
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(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Balasî and Nabû-ahhe-eriba. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, our lord! (10) Concerning Aššur-mukin-paleya about whom the king, our lord, wrote to us, may Aššur, Bel, Nabû, Sin, Šamaš and Adad bless him, and may the king, our lord, see him prosper. It is (a) good (time) for (his) going (to the king): the 2nd is a good day, and the 4th is a very good day.
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