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(1) To our lord, the king, lord of kings: good health to the king, lord of kings, our lord: your servant Abi’-il, the prefect of Ahi-atâ, the [...]. (6) The elders of [Elam] who are wit[h us ...] have [......] (Break) (r 2) We saw [..., and] did not release [the ...]. (r 3) They killed the brothers and sons of those who rebelled, the sons of Nabû-ušezib and his brothers, and the rest they have carried off as plunder to Elam. (l.e. 1) [We have] now written [to the king, our lord]; may [the king, our lord], do [as he de]ems best.
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(1) [A tablet of the elders of Elam to] Assurbanipa[l, king of Assyria, ou]r [lord]. Good health t[o you]! (4) [The in]habitants of this part of the country have not been secure unti[l now], and the Pers[ians who] have kept making raids in Hidalu and i]n Yahdik, have [plun]dered their sheep. (8) Let Marduk-šarru-uṣur [come] and speak to you; let him quickly [sen]d Tammaritu and Kudurru with troops, and let them bring Tammaritu [to] Hidalu and [Kudu]rru to Yahdik. (r 2) [If] you do not quickly send them, the Persians will not be put in order. Send them quickly, and Elam and Assyria will be…
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