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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) On the 17th I and Kiṣir-Aššur went to the Zab river and inspected the timber; the logs were many, [as many] as we could possibly desire. (9) [...] towers [......]. The men [...] who w[ent] with us [...] the king's. (12) Kiṣir-Aššur [...] the timber, (whereas) I went to Dur-Šarruken [...... (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the work assignment of the governor of Calah about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why has the governor of Arrapha left half of the gate to him?" (9) On the 3rd, when they started on the city wall, they came to me, saying: "Come and settle our work allocation between us!" I went and settled it between them. Perhaps the king, my lord, now says: "Why [......" (Break) (r 1) [Out of the ...] work assignment (units) of the governor of Calah, that of the wall reached as far as the edge of the…
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