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(1) When I was sent to the Inner City, I made my observations, came back and report[ed] to the king: "The loin is not being offered to Aššur." (4) The king, my lord, got angry and said: "They should resume offering it." (5) Last year I wrote to the king, [my] lord, and told (them): "The king, my lord, gave me the order (personally)." Afterwards they wrote to the Go[ver]nor: "Write down the words of Akkull[anu] and those (with him); they are lyi[ng]." (9) [The k]ing, my lord, did not decide (the matter). [What is it] that the king says now? (r 1) [To]night the moon was surrounded by a halo,…
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(1) We kept watch; on the 29th day we saw the moon. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king my lord! (r 2) From Nabû'a of Assur.