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(Beginning destroyed) (1) of the town [......] (2) Baga-parn[a ......] (3) received [......] (4) we wrote [......] (5) tribute [......] (6) but nothing [......] (7) to us [......] (8) tribute [......] (9) not yet [......] (10) when [......] (r 1) he said: "[......] (r 2) of the king to [......] (r 3) "thereaft[er ......] (r 4) "I shall give [......] (r 5) who entered yo[u ......] (r 6) they are building [......] (r 7) [cultivating] the[ir] fields [...] (r 8) they are transport[ing ......] (r 9) [......] (r 10) "[......] (r 11) Wh[en .......] (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Mannu-ki-Ninua. [Good heal]th to the king, my lord! The land of the king my lord i[s well]. (5) [Concerning what the king], my lord, wrote to me: "[Go] to Media [wi]th the magnates!" — I went with them. [The god]s of the king provided peace, and we returned [s]afely. (10) I am (now) here in Kar-Šarrukin. I am building the grand hall with whatever bricks have been glazed, and we are cultivating the arable fields and doing our work. The king, my lord, can be glad. (16) Also, on the first day the magnates fetched from outside whatever bricks were left th…
Daily LifeEconomy