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(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant Ilu-iq]bi. (3) The [Throne-of-Destiny] of silver and the [......] of silver are finished; [as to the ..., ...] said [that they are not] finished. (9) The [...] are cleansing the [...] in the presence of the governor; they will be ready [this] very moment. [The ... who are] wiping [...... (Break) (r 2) ...... I am fee]ding the Šugureans [who] are coming in. All the king's [servants are well]; the king [my lord] can be glad.
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [On the ... th, after ......] we had finished the (city) wall, [we] got [busy], gathered men for the straw that the king had given to us in Halahhu, and went to carry it over. (8) The men working in the ditch, [of] a single prefect and 125 in number, have [neither] delivered straw of their own nor are they carrying that of Halahhu. By means of what will they glaze bricks for their work-quota tomorrow? What does the king my lord say? (r 1) As to the replacement for the dead concerning which the king told the magnates: "Provide the replacement!" — nobody has given us…
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