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(1) [To the king], my [lord]: your servant [Mar-Issar]. [Good health] to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless [the king], my [lord]! May the [great] gods bestow lasting days, [well-being] and joy [upon the king], my lord! (5) The tiara of Nabû [is completed]; the name of the king, my lord, and the name of the crown prince [of Babylon], my [lord], have been [inscribed] on it; the appropriate (dedicatory) ritual has been performed. (9) (Break) (12) [......] Meanwhile, ašgikû-jewels [and ...] were obtained (as booty) [from] Egypt. (14) In the sp[ringtime the king, my lord], sent a…
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(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant] M[ar-Issar]. [Good health to the king], my lord! May Nabû and [Marduk] bless [the king, my lord]! May the great god[s] bestow long days, [well-being] and joy [upon the king], my lord! (5) We are giving silver to the masters who came with me, and they are overlaying the sanctuaries [of] Ezida as the king, my lord, commanded. Elallu limestone should be acquired and brought for the king, my lord's stand in Esaggil. The shares which I took with me, have been distributed to the delegates of Babylonia by myself and the cohort commander Idri-aha'u. (13) And…
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