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a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka 1NIG₂.GUB aš-šur dUTU dEN u dAG a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu TA UGU UD-mu ša₂ LUGAL be-la-a u₂-še-eg-la-an-ni ṣab-ta-ak u aš₂-ba-ak UD-mu-us-su a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia u₂-ṣal-la 1dAG—kil-la-an-ni LU₂GAL—LU₂ŠU.DU₈.A-MEŠ LU₂GAL—ka-ṣir ki-i iš-pu-raš-šu₂ ip-ta-ṭar-an-ni it-ti-šu ki-i al-li-ku i-qab-ba-a um-ma LU₂DUB.SAR-ru-u₂-ti ta-le-ʾe-e x x x x i-qab-ba-a um-ma LU₂DUB.SAR-u₂-tu ta-le-ʾe-e ina ŠA₃-bi ITIAPIN 1dAG—kil-la-an-ni ki i-bu-kan-ni ina E₂—dEN—KASKAL ul-te-ez-zi-an-ni LU₂GAL—ka-ṣir ki-i u₂-ṣa-a a-na pa-ni-šu₂ a-na ŠA₃-bi E₂ e-li-ti ul-te-la-an-ni mam-ma ia-a-nu ina pa-ni-šu₂ al-la LU₂GAL—ka-ṣir LU₂GAL—E₂ LU₂ša₂—UGU—E₂-a-nu u LU₂GAL—ŠU.DU₈.A-MEŠ u₃ LU₂ša₂—UGU—URU a-na pa-ni-šu₂ ir-ru-ub u uṣ-ṣi GIŠku-su-u₂ ki-i is-su-ku-nu ki-i u₂-ši-bu GEŠTIN a-ša₂-at-ti a-di dUTU ir-bu-u₂ GIŠGU.ZA-u₂-a ki-i u₂-qar-ri-bu it-ti GIŠiš-QAR-šu₂ ša E₂—dPA.TUG₂ i-qab-ba-a um-ma LU₂HAL-u₂-tu ta-le-ʾe-e rest (a few lines only) broken away beginning (probably one line only) broken away u₂-šar-im-man-ni xx x x x x x x x x ši-i a-qab-bak-ka um-ma LUGAL in-du-na-an-ni a-di ina lib-bat a-na pa-ni-ka u₂-še-zi-zu um-ma a-lik-ma LU₂HAL-u₂-ti a-na tar-ṣi dUTU bi-ri GAL—LU₂SAG LUGAL-u₂-tu₂ i-na-aš₂-ši-i a-na ŠA₃-bi E₂ e-li-ti ša₂-ni-ti A-MEŠ ar-ta-mu-uk eb-bu-ti at-ta-ši LU₂GAL—ka-ṣir 02 KUŠ I₃.GIŠ ki-i u₂-še-la-a e-te-pu-uš aq-ta-ba-aš₂-šu₂ um-ma LUGAL-u-tu₂ i-na-aš₂-ši ul-tu UGU-hi-šu₂ aq-ba-aš₂-šu₂ um-ma LU₂GAL—SAG LUGAL-u-tu₂ i-na-aš₂-ši ina 02-i UD-mu šap-pa-ti ša₂ GEŠTIN a-na tar-ṣi x x x dba-ni-ti it-ta-aq-qu x x x xx a-na ma-ṭi-i dUTU ni-gu-u₂-tu e-te-ep-šu₂ ul-tu a-ga-a i-qab-ba-a um-ma ina E₂—AD-ka u₂-še-ri-ib-ka x x x x x x-bi-ma LUGAL-u₂-tu ša₂ KUR—ak-ka-di-i gab-bu i-nam-dak-ka DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ki-i LU₂HAL-u₂-tu ša₂ i-pu-šu al-la ša₂-a-ru me-hu-u šu-u₂ TA ŠA₃-bi-ia a-dab-bu-ub um-ma la i-du-kan-ni en-na a-du-u₂ a-na LUGAL al-tap-ra um-ma LUGAL be-li₂-a la i-šem-me-ma la i-du-kan-ni x x x x x x pa-ni-im-ma ki-i ip-ru-ṣa-an-ni x x x x x x x x LUGAL in-du-na-an-ni x x x x x x x x al-tap-ra x x x x x x x x xx a-mu-ru x x x x x x x x x xxbi SPACER u₂-zu-x x x x x x x x x x x x

[To the king of the lands, my lord]: your [servant] Kudurru. [May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel and Nabû bless] the king of the lands, my lord!

[Ever si]nce the day when the king my lord [dep]orted me, I have sat in confinement, praying to the king, my lord, [every day], (until) [Nabû-kill]anni the chief cupbearer sent [a cohort commander] to release me.

As I was walking [with him], he says to me: "You are an expert in [scrib]al lore? [NN] tells me [you] are an expert in scribal lore."

It was the month of Marchesvan (VIII) when Nabû-killanni fetched me, and I ended up standing in the temple of Bel Harran. The cohort commander re-emerged and took me to an upper room into his presence. There was nobody in his presence except the cohort commander, the major-domo, the chamberlain and the chief cupbearer; in addition, the overseer of the city kept entering and leaving his presence.

They tossed me a seat and I sat down, drinking wine until the sun set. Moving my seat closer, he started speaking to me with the quota of the temple of Nusku, saying: "You are an expert in divination?"

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(SPACER)

he made me love him [......]

"I'll tell you this: [the king] has provi[ded for m]e, until in anger he placed (me) in your service.

"Go and perform the (following) divination before Šamaš: 'Will the chief eunuch take over the kingship?'"

I washed myself with water in another upper room, donned clean garments and, the cohort commander having brought up for me two skins of oil, performed (the divination) and told him: "He will take over the kingship." (Only) at his insistence did I tell him, "The chief eunuch will take over the kingship."

[Next d]ay, they libated a jug of wine before [...] and Banitu, and made [merry] until the sun was low. From that (day) on [he has been telling me]: "He will take you back into your father's [house], [......] and give you the kingship [of] all [Babyl]onia."

[By the gods of the king], my [lord]: The extispicy [which I performed was] but a colossal fraud! (The only thing) [I was th]inking of (was), "May he not kill me."

[Now th]en I am writing to the king, lest [the king my lord] hear about it and kill me.

[......] when he betrayed me

[......] the king has provided for me

[......] I wrote

[......] I saw

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