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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! [May Nabû and] Marduk bless the king, my lord! (5) Concerning the [inf]lammation of the eyes about which the king, my lord, [said: "If only it could] be cured!" — I will come [tomorrow to the k]ing, my lord (9) [......] this (Break) (r 2) We shall perform the (periodic) rites of the month Iyyar (II), against inflammation of [the eyes]. Bel and Na[bû] will lay their life-giving hands up[on] the king, my lord.
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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord!] May Nabû and Marduk bless [the king], my [lord]! May they give [happi]ness and physical well-being [to the king], my [lord]! (9) [The sons], my lords, are doing ve[ry w]ell; the mother of the king, [my lord, is well], she has recovered. The king, my lord, [can be] happy. (r 1) [Con]cerning the order about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, I am collaborating with my colleagues; we shall take counsel together (and then) speak out — the mother of the king is as able as (the sage) Adapa!
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