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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-reṣuwa. Good health to the king, my lord! (3) As to what the king, my lord, wrote me: "Send your spies to the environs of Ṭurušpâ to find out a detailed report!" (Break) (r 2) [Fo]ur governors are coming down to [Ṭurušpâ] to do service (in the temple).
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(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant] Aššur-reṣuwa. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! (4) [The ki]ng of Urarṭu has left Ṭurušpâ [on the fir]st of Nisan (I) and gone to Elizzada. Kaqqadanu, his commander-in-chief, has gone to Waisi. The whole Urarṭian army is marching [t]o Elizzada, following the king. (13) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "[H]ow [are they positioned]?" — (r 3) I have [n]ot heard [any report ... y]et.