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[To the lord of ki]ngs, my lord: [your servant, ...-šarr]a-ibni. I pray every day to Uraš [and Belet-ekalli for] the lengthening of [the lif]e [of the kin]g, my lord, [by many] days, (and for) the [consolidation of the fou]ndation of (his) royal throne [...].

E[ver since the reign of Tiglath]-pileser (III), king of A[ssyria], my [fathers have kep]t the watch of the kings of [Assyria].

Bel-šuma-iškun, [my grand]father, [whom S]ennacherib (and) your father [appointed, provid]ed the [...]s for the repairs. [He k]ept [the watch of] Sennacherib and E[sarhaddon and se]t up a fine house(hold) i[n ...].

During the revolt of [Šamaš-šumu-ukin, as Assurbani]pal remem[bered] tho[se] favours [which my grandfather] had rendered,

[he ...ed] all his [...s], troop[s ...]

[...] ... which Assurbanipal [...]

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[...] the chief eunuc[h ...]

[...] the king wrote to m[e, saying]: "I have thrown [...]s to my cities and [... ...]."

The king, my lord, s[aid to me: "The god]s have made me successful [...]

[...] I have made your sons com[e ...]

[Whatever] you do [in] my [na]me, [...] evil [...]

[...] is important." He (further) said: "[Should there be]

[hun]ger for food [...], I [will ...]."

[... the p]refects of Puq[udu ...]

[...] houses and fi[elds ...]

[...] garments, my colleag[ue ...]

[...] ... and [...]

[... ca]me, to/for al[l ...]

[...] I [...] with hi[m ...]

[... kin]g of Assyria, as many as t[o ...]

[...] your gods very mu[ch ...]

[...] I se[e] the face of the king, my lord, [...]

[...] (in) Shebat (XI), when I cam[e and ...]

[...] was not lyi[ng] in bed [...]

I am dying [of hunger] for food and of th[irst for wate]r. [I am waiting] for the guide[s ...].

May [the people] hear [...]! The whole city [...]

[...] ... whom Pan-[...]

[...] in reverence [...]