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(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) The day that the [army and the ...] of the Urarṭian [......], (6) Azâ [......] (7) ...[......] (8) to the [......] (9) we [......] (Break) (r 1) ca[me] (r 2) [......] (r 3) came [......], (r 4) saying: "Why [......] (r 5) no bread [......]?" (r 6) The palace herald [......] (r 7) "The Urarṭian [......] (r 8) from/with [......] (r 9) [...] 7 [...] (r 10) the rest [......] (r 11) "Of [......] (e. 1) [......] the sartinnu; take [...] (e. 2) and put [......].
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) I se[n]t two cavalry cohort commanders to Sanha and Ulušia to the king's subjects who are there. They went and saw them: the equipment (they had received) there and the barley rations specified in their tablet were there. (12) They warned them, and their guard is very strong. The king, my lord, can be glad. (16) The king, my lord, knows that Kubaba-ila'i masters the language. I sent him to Tikriš, and he gave us this detailed report. We are herewith sending it to the king, my lord. (r 6) All the time I…
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