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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Šulmu-beli. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord]! (4) [A mes]senger [of ... has arrived in] our [co]untry; [he sends the king his re]gards. (6) [A]s to the [merchants ... about wh]om the king, my lord, w[rote me, ...] (9) 2 merchants [......] (10) who were killed, when [......], (11) a [... o]f the king, [my] lo[rd ......] (Break) (r 1) who in [......] (r 2) upon all the countri[es ......] (r 3) to greet the king, [my] lo[rd ...]. (r 4) He has deta[ined] my merchants [and ...ed them], while I [have] not [detained] his merchants; what are the king my…
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(1) To the Palace Herald, my lord: your servant Urda-Sin. (4) The Cimmerian (king) has departed from Mannea this [...] and entered Urarṭu. He is ... [in] Hu'diadae; Sarduri is [...] in Ṭur[u]špâ. (14) The messenger of the governor of Wais[i] has gone to Ur[za]na for [help], saying: "Let yo[ur] troops come to (aid) the people of Pulia and Suriana." (r 6) All of Urarṭu is extremely frightened. They are assembling troops, saying: "Perhaps we can attack him, once there is more snow." (r 15) As to this booty which they said he has taken, they do say that of the district of Arhi, [...]......
Daily LifeEconomy