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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... sto]od (3) [...] some 50 men came [to me] to Nikkur. (5) From [the men] at my disposal, [1]35 had died. (7) [When] the caravan of Kar-Šarrukin arrived, I sent (word), had them (= the Tabaleans) brought to me, had them occupy the houses of the deceased, and gave them oxen, sheep and women. The king's bodyguard took advantage of their oxen, sheep and wo[men], (but) did they [run a]way for lack of things? If they really had run away for [lac]k of things, they should have come to [me]. Why did they g[o] to [Mann]ea? (18) By the gods of the king, my lord: I did…
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(1) [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant Nabû]-remanni. [Good health to] the king, my lord! (4) [Concerning the ...s about whom] the king, my lord, [wrote to me: "W]hy have you not sent [...] until now?" (7) [......] ... (8) [...] said [to the gove]rnor: "Make his [...]s enter [...], and make the [depor]tees enter [...]!" (11) [......] the h[i]red men (12) [...... the depor]tees (Break) (r 1) [...... I shall] check it out (r 2) [......] If it is not intact, did my [offi]cial d[o it]? (r 4) [They squan]der [the ...], and the king, [my lord, blames] me! May the king, my lord, write [to Nabû-b…
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