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(1) A jar of Izalla (wine); (2) a jar of Helbon (wine); (3) a 2-seah jar of hammurtu-beer; (4) a 2-seah jar of amūmu-beer; (5) a 2-seah jar of bittersweet beer; (6) a 2-seah jar of beer of bruised grain. (r 1) Of the wedding night of Mullissu — of the queen. The 18th day.
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(1) [Adad-nerari (III), overseer, son of Šamši-Adad (V), overseer, son of Shalmaneser (III), likewise overseer]. (two royal seal impressions) (4) An estate [... of x] hectar[es of land] (Break) (7) [(under the authority) of] Bel-[ta]rṣi-[ilum]ma, prefect of Calah, Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria, exempted (from taxes) and gave to [Nabû-d]ur-beliya, his eunuch. (r 3) The corn taxes of this field shall not be collected, the straw taxes shall not be gathered. (r 6) [The gov]ernor (and) the pr[efe]ct [shall not] e[xercise authority] over [them; ...]. (Rest destroyed)
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