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(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) I [cannot] do [the work. There is] very [little] sissoo wood in Babylon for use in the work, (and) what they bring me from the city Birati [...] is all moist. [The king, my lord], knows that this work requires [a great deal] of sissoo wood. Eṭiru and Bel-ibni [......]. Since nobody [...s] the matter to [them], it does not exist in their hearts. (r 10) Now, [let them fetch] sissoo wood from Ki[ssik] or from wherever it is to be found [...] (r 13) [...] let them make [......] (r 14) [...] the king, [my] lo[rd, ...] (Break) (e. 1) [...] to us, [...] there.
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Now th]en [...] (2) [...] ... [...] (3) [about which] the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "Execu[te] the work nic[ely]; (5) "a work that [...] (6) running [...] (r 1) [...] of the royal road [...] (r 2) [...] Babylon [...] (r 3) [...] silver [...] (r 4) [...] bricks [...] (Rest destroyed)
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