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<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P313484.l04bf5"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313484.l04bf6">be-li₂-ia<anchor type="breakEnd" corresp="#P313484.2.1.0"/></w>
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<w lemma="ardu[slave//servant]N" xml:id="P313484.l04bf7"><anchor type="breakStart" xml:id="P313484.3.1.0"/><c type="sign" subtype="logo">ARAD</c>-ka</w>
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<w lemma="lū[may//may]MOD" xml:id="P313484.l04bf9"><anchor type="breakStart" xml:id="P313484.4.1.0"/>lu</w>
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<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P313484.l04bfb">a-na</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P313484.l04bfc"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313484.l04bfd"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">EN</c>-ia<anchor type="breakEnd" corresp="#P313484.4.1.0"/></w>
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<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313484.l04c06">be-li₂</w>
<w lemma="šapāru[send//write]V" xml:id="P313484.l04c07">iš-pur-an-<damageSpan spanTo="#d.P313484.7.4.3"/>ni<anchor type="damage" xml:id="d.P313484.7.4.3"/></w>
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<w lemma="adanniš[very much//very much]AV" xml:id="P313484.l04c0b">a—dan-niš</w>
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<w lemma="ina[in//in]PRP" xml:id="P313484.l04c0d">ina</w>
<w lemma="ṣehru[small//small one]AJ" xml:id="P313484.l04c0e">ṣe-he-ri-ia</w>
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<w lemma="libbu[interior//heart]N" xml:id="P313484.l04c10"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">ŠA₃</c>-bi</w>
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<w lemma="lū[may//may]MOD" xml:id="P313484.l04c1a">lu-u₂</w>
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<w lemma="lū[may//may]MOD" xml:id="P313484.l04c1c">lu</w>
<w lemma="paṭāru[loosen//release]V" xml:id="P313484.l04c1d">tap-ṭu-ra-aš₂-ši</w>
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<w lemma="epēšu[do//do]V" xml:id="P313484.l04c1f">ne₂-pu-uš</w>
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<w lemma="u[and//and]CNJ" xml:id="P313484.l04c29">u₃</w>
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<w lemma="rakāsu[bind//gird]V" xml:id="P313484.l04c43">ru-ku-us</w>
<milestone type="surface" unit="page" n="Reverse"/>
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<w lemma="lā[not//not]MOD" xml:id="P313484.l04c44">la-a</w>
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<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P313484.l04c47">a-na</w>
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<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313484.l04c49">be-li₂-ia</w>
<w lemma="šapāru[send//write]V" xml:id="P313484.l04c4a">aš₂-pu-ra</w>
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<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P313484.l04c4f">be-li₂-ia</w>
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<w lemma="balāṭu[live//keep alive]V" xml:id="P313484.l04c50">lu-bal-li-ṭu</w>
<w lemma="atta[you//you]IP" xml:id="P313484.l04c51">at-ta-ma</w>
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<note type="other" rend="dollar">rest completely obliterated</note>
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<w lemma="šemû[hear//hear]V" xml:id="P313484.l04c8d">a-se-me</w>
<w lemma="alāku[go//come]V" xml:id="P313484.l04c8e">at-ta-al-ka</w>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span><span type="w">To</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>: <span type="w">your</span> <span type="w">servant</span> <span type="w">Adad-šumu-uṣur</span>. <span type="w">Good</span> <span type="w">health</span> <span type="w">to</span>  <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>!<span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">May</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">Nabû</span> <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">Marduk</span> <span type="w">bless</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span><span type="r">]</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>!</span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">As</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">what</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">wrote</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">me</span>: "<span type="w">I</span> <span type="w">am</span> <span type="w">feeling</span> <span type="w">very</span> <span type="w">sad</span>; <span type="w">how</span> <span type="w">did</span> <span type="w">we</span> <span type="w">act</span> <span type="w">that</span> <span type="w">I</span> <span type="w">have</span> <span type="w">become</span> <span type="w">so</span> <span type="w">depressed</span> <span type="w">for</span> <span type="w">this</span> <span type="w">little</span> <span type="w">one</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">mine</span>?" <span type="w">—</span> <span type="w">had</span> <span type="w">it</span> <span type="w">been</span> <span type="w">curable</span>, <span type="w">you</span> <span type="w">would</span> <span type="w">have</span> <span type="w">given</span> <span type="w">away</span> <span type="w">half</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">your</span> <span type="w">kingdom</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">have</span> <span type="w">it</span> <span type="w">cured</span>! <span type="w">But</span> <span type="w">what</span> <span type="w">can</span> <span type="w">we</span> <span type="w">do</span>? <span type="w">O</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">it</span> <span type="w">is</span> <span type="w">something</span> <span type="w">that</span> <span type="w">cannot</span> <span type="w">be</span> <span type="w">done</span>.</span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">And</span> <span type="w">as</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">what</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">said</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">me</span> <span type="w">about</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">sons</span>, <span type="w">your</span> <span type="w">lords</span>: "<span type="w">The</span> <span type="w">burning</span> <span type="w">question</span> <span type="w">of</span> '<span type="w">who</span>' <span type="w">is</span> <span type="w">eating</span> <span type="w">me</span> <span type="w">up</span>" <span type="w">—</span> <span type="w">in</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">month</span> <span type="w">Sivan</span> <span type="r">(</span><span type="w">III</span><span type="r">)</span> <span type="w">I</span> <span type="w">wrote</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>: "<span type="w">Take</span> <span type="w">hold</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">yourself</span>, <span type="w">prepare</span> <span type="w">for</span> <span type="w">everything</span>!" <span type="w">Did</span> <span type="w">I</span> <span type="w">not</span> <span type="w">write</span> <span type="w">in</span> <span type="w">my</span> ... <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>?</span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">May</span> <span type="w">Bel</span> <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">Nabû</span> <span type="w">let</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">live</span>!</span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">You</span> <span type="w">are</span> <span type="w">their</span> <span type="w">father</span>; <span type="w">you</span> <span type="w">bring</span> <span type="w">them</span> <span type="w">up</span></span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span>......<span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">Nineveh</span></span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span>... <span type="w">Su<span type="r">]</span>ccession</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">Palace</span> ...<span type="r">]</span></span>
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          <p>(Break)</p>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span>...<span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">good</span> <span type="r">(</span><span type="w">or</span><span type="r">)</span> <span type="w">bad</span> <span type="r">[</span>...<span type="r">]</span>. <span type="w">I</span> <span type="w">came</span> <span type="r">(</span><span type="w">when</span><span type="r">)</span> <span type="w">I</span> <span type="w">heard</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="r">[</span>... <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span><span type="r">]</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>.</span>
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