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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span><span type="w">To</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">lands</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>: <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">yo<span type="r">]</span>ur</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">servant</span><span type="r">]</span>, <span type="w">Nabû-balassu-iqbi</span>. <span type="w">May</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">Aššur</span><span type="r">]</span>, <span type="w">Šamaš</span>, <span type="w">Marduk</span>, <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">Nabû</span>, <span type="w">lord</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">sty<span type="r">[</span>l<span type="r">]</span>us</span>, <span type="w">ordain</span> <span type="r">[</span>...<span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">m<span type="r">[</span>y</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="r">[</span>... <span type="w">of</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">your</span> <span type="w">palace</span>, <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">fe<span type="r">]</span>ar</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">your</span> <span type="w">lordship</span>, <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">wel<span type="r">]</span>l-being</span> <span type="w">of</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">seed</span> <span type="w">of</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">for</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">everlasting</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">day<span type="r">]</span>s</span>.</span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span><span type="w">From</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">very</span> <span type="w">beginning</span> <span type="w">I</span> <span type="w">have</span> <span type="w">been</span> <span type="w">a</span> <span type="w">dog</span> <span type="w">who</span> <span type="w">loves</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">house</span> <span type="w">of</span><span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">his</span> <span type="r">[</span><span type="w">lord</span><span type="r">]</span>.</span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span>...<span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">with</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">viziers</span></span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span>...<span type="r">]</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span> <span type="r">[</span>...<span type="r">]</span></span>
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          <p>(Break)</p>
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          <p>(SPACER)</p>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="r">[</span>...<span type="r">]</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="r">]</span></span>
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            <span type="cell"><span type="w">May</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span>, <span type="w">my</span> <span type="w">lord</span>, <span type="w">send</span> <span type="w">me</span> <span type="w">fo<span type="r">[</span>r</span> <span type="w">oa<span type="r">]</span>th</span> <span type="w">and</span> <span type="w">testimony</span> <span type="w">with</span> <span type="w">these</span> <span type="w">men</span>; <span type="w">or</span> <span type="w">may</span> <span type="w">the</span> <span type="w">king</span> <span type="w">do</span> <span type="w">as</span> <span type="w">he</span> <span type="w">finds</span> <span type="w">best</span>.</span>
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