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(1) On the day that you performed the previous sacrifices in front of Ešarra, I sent Hammâ (and) an outrider to you with a message for your well-being. (5) Now they (and) Gugal-namruti stand at your gate, and Bel-matati stands with them. The outrider has come with a message concerning the prayer bowl. Give it to him. Let him go to Ešarra that I may take possession of it, and that I may send Gugal-namruti to the lands. (r 4) Your chariot should come to Ešarra straightaway so that I may give you the royal scepter of life. (This) message that I've sent you is the absolute truth!
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] before the king. (2) I asked [...] the chariot-driver [of DN] who set it up, "Why are you setting up the table of Šamaš?" He told me as follows: "Aššur has gone outside and come back in again. (9) I myself asce[nded] the chariot when it was empty. It kept going [all right], but the ground was narrow and while I paid attention to the chariot's ..., I damaged the rim of the table and the front side of the image. The house truly fell to the ground!" (r 7) [In] the days of the king, my lord, your father, they upset the table [of Šamaš in] the same way. The man [w…
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