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(1) The king's word to Kudurru and the Urukians old and young: I am well; you can be glad. (5) This weeping of the month Sivan (III), which all the inhabitants of the country hold for mourning — af[ter the god]s became angry, they w[ent away and resided in an abode not of their own, (but) [through we]eping and unkempt body, [Mar]duk, Nanaya, U[ṣur-amas]sa and Arkayitu have became reconciled, and in my reign they have delivered [all the lands into] my hands. (15) When I seized [.....] (16) eternal [...] (17) [......] (1-2 lines broken away) (beginning (1-2 lines) broken away) (r 1') [......]…
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(Obverse destroyed) (beginning broken away) (r 1') [...... As] they [say], “In [......],” did I [not] provide you [with ...? And re]garding what all the lands say, “Do the [k]ing’s work],” he who is devoted to [his lord, d]oes so. (r 6') Now then I’m writing to yo[u]: (7) [Behold], my [e]ars are open to appeals. [If you repent], and if for the curs[es that befell ...], you [n]ow afterwards do go[od deeds] and are recep[tive ... to the words of] this [mes]sage of mine, they [will give you] a nice reward in accordance with how [you do] this work. You [shall] be [d]one up, and thereby [you will s…
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