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SAA 17 090. Watch of Ekur and Nippur (CT 54 011)
[Tablet of the governor of Nippur (šandabakku)] [to] the king, his lord. [May there] be good health to the king, my lord! May the great gods of Ekur and Nippur let your hands attain whatever you devise! Concerning the matter about which the king wrote to me, saying: "[...] hither the son of ...ayu [...], place (him) at [my] fe[et]" — saying: "Let me [stren]gthen the watch" — and may the watch of Ekur and Nippur be [strong]! [N]inurta-naṣir, [...]-sâ, the chief brother (aḫu rabû), [...] he [...] the matters [...] the king [...] ...... (Remainder broken.)
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