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a- LUGAL be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka 1dAG—EN—GIN-in lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li-ia₂ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni ma-a ina UGU dul₆-li ša x x x bir- IGI.2-MEŠ-ka un-ta-di-id ma-a la ta-šam-man-ni a- LUGAL EN-ia la a-šam-mu-ni a- man-ni-ma ah—hur la-aš₂-me an-nu- 03-šu₂ 04-šu₂ LUGAL be-li₂ a-ki an-ni-ie-e i-ša₂-pa-ra a-ke-e la-ab-laṭ a- ni-kit- da-me--a ina ŠA₃-bi-ia -tab-lu ina qa-ni mi-ih-re--a dul₆-lu ep-pa-aš₂ la a-ša₂-ri-du-um-ma ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu a--ku la ma-ki-iu-u₂ a--ku a-ki šu-nu ep-pa-šu₂-u-ni a-na-ku ep-pa-aš₂ ki ma-ṣi a- LUGAL EN-ia la a-šam-mu-u-ni am—mi₃-ni LUGAL be-li₂ -ba-ʾa-an-ni ša LUGAL be-li₂ -pur-an-ni ma-a ina URUA-MEŠ—tur- lu at-ta EN. u₂-ṣur an-nu-rig ina URU—da-nu-ni- bir- URUA-MEŠ—tur- u₃ URU—EN—DINGIR-a.a ina še-ep KUR-i a--ku e-muq-e-a ina pa-ne₂-e-a DUMU—1ia-GIN ina KA₂.DINGIRKI-ma šu₂-u₂ KASKAL ka-ri-im a--ku la al-la-ka re-eš KASKAL-ia la a--aš₂-ši u₃ ERIM-MEŠ—MAN-e-a la u₂-ra-am-ma re-eš ZID₂.DA.KASKAL-MEŠ-šu₂-nu la i--aš₂-ši-iu-u₂ mi-nu ṭe₃-mu-un-ni LUGAL be-li₂ liš-pu-ra

To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Nabû-belu-ka''in]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]!

Concerning what the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "I [gave] you [explicit orde]rs regarding the work on [...], but you do not obey [me]" — if I did not obey the king, my lord, whom else would I obey? Now, the king, my lord, has (already) three or four times written to me in this manner; how can I live? My heart does not beat, blood has dried up in my veins.

I do my work like my equals. I am not the first among them, nor am I the worst; I do as they do. Why does the king, my lord, single me out as if I did [not] obey the king, my lord?

[Concerning what] the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "Be in Meturna and keep watch!" — right now I am in Dur-Anuniti, between Meturna and Dur-Bel-ila'i, in the piedmont. My troops are with me, but the son of Yakin is in Babylon.

It is an impasse: I cannot go and start my journey, nor can I release my king's men to collect their provisions. Let the king, my lord, write me what (his) orders are.