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<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c33">a-na</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c34"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c35">be-li₂-ia₂</w>
<w lemma="ardu[slave//servant]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c36"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">ARAD</c>-ka</w>
<w lemma="Nabu-šumu-lešir[1//1]PN" xml:id="P237843.l04c37"><c type="num">1</c><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic">d</c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">AG</c>—<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MU</c>—<anchor type="breakStart" xml:id="P237843.2.5.4"/><c type="sign" subtype="logo">SI</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">SA₂</c><anchor type="breakEnd" corresp="#P237843.2.5.4"/></w>
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<w lemma="lū[may//may]MOD" xml:id="P237843.l04c38">lu-u₂</w>
<w lemma="šulmu[completeness//health]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c39">šul-mu</w>
<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c3a">a-na</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c3b"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c3c">be-li₂-ia₂</w>
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<w lemma="umma[saying//saying]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c3d">um-ma-a</w>
<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c3e">a-na</w>
<w lemma="šarru[king//king]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c3f"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="bēlu[lord//lord]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c40">be-li₂-ia₂-a-ma</w>
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<w lemma="adû[now//now]AV" xml:id="P237843.l04c41">a-du-u₂</w>
<w lemma="harrānu[way//road]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c42"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">KASKAL</c>.<c type="num">2</c></w>
<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c43">a-na</w>
<w lemma="šēpu[foot//foot]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c44"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">GIR₃</c>.<c type="num">2</c>-<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MEŠ</c></w>
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<w lemma="ša[of//of]DET" xml:id="P237843.l04c45">ša₂</w>
<w lemma="Abu-eriba[1//1]PN" xml:id="P237843.l04c46"><c type="num">1</c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">AD</c>—eri-ba</w>
<w lemma="zēru[seed(s)//seed(s)]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c47"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">NUMUN</c>—<c type="sign" subtype="logo">LUGAL</c></w>
<w lemma="u[and//and]CNJ" xml:id="P237843.l04c49">u₃</w>
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<w lemma="aššatu[wife//wife]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c4a"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">DAM</c>-šu₂</w>
<w lemma="kī[like//when]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c4b">ki-i</w>
<w lemma="šakānu[put//place]V" xml:id="P237843.l04c4c">aš₂-ku-na</w>
<w lemma="alāku[go//come]V" xml:id="P237843.l04c4d">it-tal-ku-ni</w>
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<w lemma="ana[to//to]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c4e">a-na</w>
<w lemma="Abu-eriba[1//1]PN" xml:id="P237843.l04c4f"><c type="num">1</c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">AD</c>—eri-ba</w>
<w lemma="kusītu[robe//robe]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c50"><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic"><g type="sign" subtype="logo">TUG₂</g></c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">BAR</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">DIB</c></w>
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<w lemma="šahilu[(a garment)//(a garment)]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c51"><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic"><g type="sign" subtype="logo">TUG₂</g></c>ša₂-hi-il</w>
<w lemma="muṣiptu[(a garment)//(a garment)]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c52"><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic"><g type="sign" subtype="logo">TUG₂</g></c>mu-ṣi-pe-ti</w>
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<w lemma="ša[of//of]DET" xml:id="P237843.l04c54">ša₂</w>
<placeName><settlement><w lemma="Tukriš[1//1]GN" xml:id="P237843.l04c55">tuk-riš</w>
</settlement></placeName><w lemma="šawiru[ring//ring]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c56"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">HAR</c>-<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MEŠ</c></w>
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<w lemma="gammalu[camel//camel]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c65"><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic"><g type="sign" subtype="logo">ANŠE</g></c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">A</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">AB</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">BA</c>-<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MEŠ</c></w>
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<w lemma="imēru[donkey//donkey]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c67"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">ANŠE</c>-<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MEŠ</c></w>
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<w lemma="alpu[ox//ox]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c69"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">GUD</c>-<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MEŠ</c></w>
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<w lemma="meʾatu[(one) hundred//(one) hundred]NU" xml:id="P237843.l04c6b">me</w>
<w lemma="immeru[sheep//sheep]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c6c"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">UDU</c>-<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MEŠ</c></w>
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<w lemma="u[and//and]CNJ" xml:id="P237843.l04c6f">u₃</w>
<w lemma="aššatu[wife//wife]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c70"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">DAM</c>-su₂</w>
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<w lemma="hurāṣu[gold//gold]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c73"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">KUG</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">GI</c></w>
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<w lemma="dumāqū[jewellery//jewellery]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c74">du-<corr cert="high">ma</corr>-qu</w>
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<w lemma="ṣubātu[textile//garment]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c7c"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">TUG₂</c></w>
<w lemma="lubbušu[clothed//dressed]AJ" xml:id="P237843.l04c7d"><corr cert="high">lub</corr>-bu-uš-at</w>
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<w lemma="u[and//and]CNJ" xml:id="P237843.l04c82">u₃</w>
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<w lemma="aššatu[wife//wife]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c88"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">DAM</c>-šu₂</w>
<milestone type="surface" unit="page" n="Reverse"/>
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<w lemma="Abu-eriba[1//1]PN" xml:id="P237843.l04c8a"><c type="num">1</c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">AD</c>—eri-ba</w>
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<w lemma="umma[saying//saying]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c8c">um-ma</w>
<w lemma="kī[like//as soon as]PRP" xml:id="P237843.l04c8d">ki-i</w>
<w lemma="ša[that//that]REL" xml:id="P237843.l04c8e">ša₂</w>
<w lemma="alāku[go//go]V" xml:id="P237843.l04c8f">ta-at-tal-ku</w>
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<w lemma="nazru[cursed//malicious]AJ" xml:id="P237843.l04c91">na-az-ru-ti</w>
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<w lemma="ša[of//of]DET" xml:id="P237843.l04c92">ša₂</w>
<w lemma="Nabu-šumu-lešir[1//1]PN" xml:id="P237843.l04c93"><c type="num">1</c><c type="determinative" rend="pre" subtype="semantic">d</c><c type="sign" subtype="logo">AG</c>—<c type="sign" subtype="logo">MU</c>—<c type="sign" subtype="logo">SI</c></w>
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<w lemma="ēkallu[palace//palace]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c95"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">E₂</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">GAL</c></w>
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<w lemma="ēkallu[palace//palace]N" xml:id="P237843.l04c9b"><c type="sign" subtype="logo">E₂</c>.<c type="sign" subtype="logo">GAL</c></w>
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            <span type="cell"><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">Nabû-šumu-<span type="r">[</span>lišir</span><span type="r">]</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="w">Say</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">I</span> <span type="w">prepared</span> <span type="w">everything</span> <span type="w">for</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">journey</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">Abu-eriba</span>, <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king's</span> <span type="w">relative</span>, <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">his</span> <span type="w">wife</span>, <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">they</span> <span type="w">have</span> <span type="w">now</span> <span type="w">arrived</span>.</span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">Abu-eriba</span> <span type="w">has</span> <span type="w">been</span> <span type="w">given</span> <span type="w">a</span> <span type="i"><span type="w">kusītu</span></span>-<span type="w">gown</span>, <span type="w">a</span> <span type="w">woollen</span> <span type="w">cover</span>, <span type="w">a</span> <span type="w">threaded</span> <span type="w">work</span> <span type="w">dress</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">Tukriš</span>, <span type="w">bracelets</span> <span type="w">worth</span> <span type="w">1/3</span> <span type="w">shekels</span> <span type="w">gold</span>, <span type="w">2</span> <span type="w">silver</span> <span type="w">dishes</span>, <span type="w">35</span> <span type="w">dependents</span>, <span type="w">2</span> <span type="w">female</span> <span type="w">singers</span>, <span type="w">1</span> <span type="w">horse</span>, <span type="w">2</span> <span type="w">camels</span>, <span type="w">4</span> <span type="w">donkeys</span>, <span type="w">20</span> <span type="w">cows</span>, <span type="w">300</span> <span type="w">sheep</span> <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">1</span> <span type="w">wagon</span>; <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">his</span> <span type="w">wife</span> <span type="w">was</span> <span type="w">provided</span> <span type="w">with</span> <span type="w">jewellery</span> <span type="w">worth</span> <span type="w">2/3</span> <span type="w">minas</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">gold</span>. <span type="w">She</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">with</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">all</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">her</span> <span type="w">lady</span> <span type="w">staff</span> ...<span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">was</span> <span type="w">dressed</span> <span type="w">in</span> <span type="w">garments</span>.</span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">All</span> <span type="w">his</span> <span type="w">men</span> <span type="w">too</span> <span type="w">were</span> <span type="w">robed</span> <span type="r">(</span><span type="w">in</span> <span type="w">purple</span><span type="r">)</span> <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">provided</span> <span type="w">with</span> <span type="w">silver</span> <span type="w">bracelets</span>.</span>
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          <p>
            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span><span type="w">Aqar<span type="r">]</span>-Bel-lumur</span> <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">his</span> <span type="w">wife</span> <span type="w">have</span> <span type="w">given</span> <span type="w">an</span> <span type="w">order</span> <span type="w">to</span> <span type="w">Abu-eriba</span>: "<span type="w">As</span> <span type="w">soon</span> <span type="w">as</span> <span type="w">you</span> <span type="w">have</span> <span type="w">gone</span> <span type="w">back</span>, <span type="w">speak</span> <span type="w">maliciously</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">Nabû-šuma-lišir</span> <span type="w">in</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">palace</span>!" <span type="w">Perhaps</span> <span type="w">he</span> <span type="w">will</span> <span type="w">speak</span> <span type="w">maliciously</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">me</span> <span type="w">in</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">palace</span>. <span type="w">The</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">should</span> <span type="w">know</span> <span type="w">that</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">order</span> <span type="w">came</span> <span type="w">from</span> <span type="w">our</span> <span type="w">house</span>.</span>
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          <p>(SPACER)</p>
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