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(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. The very best of he[al]th to the king, my lord! (5) As to what the kin[g], my lord, wrote to me: "Harass the road stations which have your horses, and come!" (9) The horses [...] accordingly (10) [......] early (Break) (r 1) ...... (r 2) they are hungry, [...] was/were not given (to them) in Durtunu. (r 4) The caravans before me are taken, the Babylonian merchants have been delayed by one stage [...]. (r 8) Bel-le'i and about 90 mares of M[u]šeṣi are eating in the presence of [Ašš]ur-da''inanni. I did not see him and his son is (not) c…
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(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nabû-ahhe-[...]. Good health to the kin[g], m[y] lord! (4) Concerning the son of Attua about whom I sai[d] to the king, my lord: "He will come." He came out but tur[ne]d back; his father is coming. (7) The 40 Gur[r]eans who have been serving the king, my lord, have not been a problem ever after the year that they went to Hardu until now. Now they have not come out to go along with their colleagues. Attua has said: "You are not going. You are my servants." (15) Concerning the towns about which the king, my lord, wrote to Nabâ, he has not given them…
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