To the king of the lands, my lord: your serv[a]nt, Illil-bani. May Enlil, Ninurta, and Nusku bless the king of the lands, my lord.

Concerning the news of Belšunu of Bit-Dakkuri about which the k[i]ng, my lord, wrote to me, he has not treated correctly the messenger whom I sent to him and has not spoken to him. I have heard that he has arrested him.

Šuma-iddin, whom the king, my lord, sent as commandant to Marad, is now before me in Nippur.

Since last year many letters

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instead of the[m ......]

They do their work (and) [will deliver it to the king]. The king, my lord, should [kno]w (this).

I am the king my lord's servant and watchman here. There are many foreign language speakers in Nippur under the aegis of the king, my lord. I implement the king's orders and speak to them.

When I spoke to Aššur-belu-taqqin, the prefect appointed in Nippur to pass on sealed documents and royal messengers, about the sealed documents and the royal servants who come and stay for three or four days in Nippur and whom he refuses to pass on —

when I spoke to him about them, [sayin]g: "The people of Nippur and the whole country have [d]is[c]redited me," he [raised] his hand against me [... and sa]id: "I will cut off your head and [hang it] by the neck [of ...]."