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(1) To the king, [my] lo[rd]: your servant Nabû-[šumu-iddina]. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) 2 cavalry mounts, (8) 4 mules: (9) 6 in all have come in from Arrapha today. I shall array the horses early in the morning. What is it that the king, my lord, commands? (r 2) Will the Melidian horses which will come today before the king, my lord, stay in the Review Palace, or will they leave? The king, my lord, should give the order whether they should leave or whether they should stay.
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(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (8) 41 Kushite [horse]s from [...]na; (11) 42 cavalry mounts, (12) 5 mules: (13) 47 in all from Si'immê; (r 1) 7 cavalry mounts from Dur-Šarruken: (r 3) a total of 41 Kushite horses and 49 cavalry mounts — (r 6) 90 horses and 5 mules altogether — (r 8) a grand total of 95 horses and mules have come in today.
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