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(Beginning destroyed) (1) As to the work [on ... about which I wrote] to the king, [my] lord, I have gathered the master-builders who [...], and made them take up the first [cornerstone]. They go from the Gate of Šamaš to the no[rth] and then make a turn here. After they have finished these two directions, they will go and lay the limestone wherever we give it. (11) Perhaps the magnates will say in the Palace: "They have deprived us of master-builders." As [I wro]te to the king, my lord, the limestone sla[bs ...... (Rest destroyed)
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