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(1) The king's word [to] Bel-eṭir: I am [well]; you can be glad. (5) [Concerning wh]at you wrote: ["Š]amaš-naṣir [...] (rest (6 lines) broken away) (beginning (about 6 lines) broken away) (r 2') [They will kil]l me! They have [already] killed my trading agent [...]!” — (r 5') [... No]body [will ...]
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(1) The king's word to Nabû-šar-ahhešu: I am well; you can be glad. (6) Concerning the horses for the review about which you wrote, as a matter of course, we send for them at the new moon of the month of Adar (XII). Do come! (11) When the crippled were a hindrance, we sent them earlier, in Shebat (XI), for in the event of a severe cold, or even in (any) cold, they would die of cold. (r 4) Let us send them in mid-Shebat, so they can keep dragging them and coming for the (whole) month of Adar; then they will reach us within Nisan (I).