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(Beginning destroyed) (6) [Write down] and [...] to the k[ing ......] (7) [... the Se]ries [......] (8) this [...] the sun [......]. (9) The eclipse of the moon which [took place] in Ta[mmuz (IV)] [and af]fected [...], placed [...] to the sun which [...] in the first year, saying: (12) "[...] of the king will occur to his land but the [...] will not stay in his land [...] will return [to] his [...]." (16') (Broken and untranslatable) (r 1) The gist of the rest of the words is, don't be afraid but have much confidence and wait for my later report. In this very manner he has for these three…
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(1) To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Ninurta-aha-iddin. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods make the foundation of your offspring as durable as heaven and earth. (9) I have s[et (aside) ...] for the k[ing, my lord]; let them fetch and con[sult ...]. (r 1) I have [...]ed the second [...] (r 2) on [......] (r 3) of the house of my lord [...] (r 4) Let me read the tablets in the presence of the king, my lord, and let me put down on them whatever is agreeable to the king; whatever is not acceptable to the king, I shall re…
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