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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Il]-ya[da'. Good health] to the king, [my lord! The la]nd and the f[o]rt(s) of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. (7) News of the son of Yakin: he is in Babylon. (9) Bel-udu'a, the messenger of Eṭiru the prelate, who has once or twice visited the king, my lord, has now come and said: "I have been sent to the Palace [...]" (Break) (r 1) I am herewith sending him [to the ki]ng, [my] lord. Let the king, my lord, hear what he has to say. (r 4) The Chaldean Nabû-ušallim, whom I sent to the king, my lord, was said to be with the prefect…
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(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: your [servant] Il-yada'. Good health to the king, my lord! The land and the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. (7) The brothers of Kutayu, son of Se'-salam — they are Isuqaeans, he [w]ent to the town Arranu from here with Yasumu — now 10 of them have come [to] my presence [fr]om Arranu and [sp]oken ...: "Among [the re]st of our brothers [who are th]ere, [s]ome are [se]rvants of the house of the palace herald. Swear to us in the name of god! [I]f you give us (to him), [w]e shall go, gather our brothers and go (away)." (r 7) If the…
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