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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... The ki]ng, my lord, [should know this]. (2) [As to what the king], my [lo]rd, wrote me: "[Where] is he?" — They told me: "[After he had] been deported [..., he fl]ed [and went] to Šubria." (6) [Perha]ps the king, my lord, will say: "[Has he retu]rned [and come back] from Šubria?" [I have aske]d and investigated; [they say that since he fl]ed [and went] to Šubria, [...; he has not] yet [retur]ned and come back to the country. (12) [I sent ...]... to [...], saying: "You [......]; now, [......] is staying in your court!" (16) [He replied: "He] has not fallen…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-dur-paniya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the master builders concerning whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "Give junior ones to the magnates, so they can perform their work assignment with their help" — (8) (out of) my 16 master builders three are with the palace herald, three are working in the centre [of the city], and ten are engaged in bricking my work allocation of the city wall. (This makes) a total of 16 master builders engaged in work. (13) As for their junior sons, [they are] apprenti[ces], incapable of doing any (serious)…
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