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(1) Your [servant] Ṣi[llaya]: I would gladly die [for the king of the universe, my lord]! May Uruk [and Eanna bless] the king of the univ[erse, my lord]! Say to the king, my lord: (6) After [...] (7) before [...] (Break) (r 2) the son of Yakin [...] (r 3) to the king, [my] lo[rd ...] (r 4) thither [...] (r 5) Perhaps [the king, my lord, will say] (Rest destroyed or too fragmentary for translation)
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [May ...] and Uruk [bl]ess [the king, my lord]! Say [to the king, my lord]: (4) (I swear) by the god himself (5) [......] that (6) [......] to you (7) [......] seizes you (8) [......] that before (taking) oath (9) [......] my crime is sl[ight]. (10) [.....] why (11) [.....] in the presence of the king (12) [.....] the šandabakku (13) [.....] Bel-usati (Break) (r 2) [......] Uruk being exiled (r 3) [.....] if heaven has decided [...] all ... (r 5) [.....] I do not say: "[...] I am an Akkadian" — [...] would lead me away [on accou]nt of it. [May] the king [rescue] me!…