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&P266640 = BE 17/1, 42
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@obverse
1. _ARAD_-ka# [...]
#tr.en: Your servant ...:
2. a-na di-na-an be-li2-ia lul-lik
#tr.en: I may go as my lord's substitute!
3. um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia-a-ma
#tr.en: The following (say) to my lord:
4. _a-sza3-mesz_ sza be-li2 id-di-na
#tr.en: The fields,which my lord had given (and which)
5. {disz}u-bar-ru a-na be-li2-ia iq-bu-u2
#tr.en: Ubāru had spoken about the following to my lord:
6. um-ma-a un-de-szi-ir a-na-ku
#tr.en: „ He has let them (the canals of those fields?) flow.” But I
7. ul u2-masz-szi-ir {disz}u-bar-ru
#tr.en: have not let them flow. Ubarru
8. a#-na# er#-re#-szi# id-din u3 ki-i szu-ta-pe-e
#tr.en: gave them to see ding with a seeder-plow and when the šutāpu workers
9. [...]-u2# a#-mi#-li
#tr.en: ... and# the# men#
10. [...] _ARAD_-ka#?
#tr.en: ... your#? servant
@reverse
1. [...] qab#?-bi# ri#-[...]
#tr.en: ... he said
2. sza-ra mu-uh-hi-ir _iti-la_-[su?]
#tr.en: “Make (them) be exposed to the wind.” When I did sent Uballissu,
3. _ARAD_-ka sza-nu-ti-ia ki-i asz2-pu-ra-asz2-szu
#tr.en: your servant,for my second time, then (he said)
4. um-ma-a be-li2 _a-sza3-mesz_ id-di-na
#tr.en: the following: “My lord gave the fields.
5. sza2-a-lu u2-ul i-sza2-a-la-an-ni ki-me2 a-pa-al-szu
#tr.en: He has not addressed me with any questions. How shall I answer him?”
6. um-ma-a be-li2 i-[de?] ki-i 3(disz) _sze-numun_
#tr.en: The following: My lord knows that Bēlānu seeded 3 sila3? seeds
7. {disz}be-la-nu i-ri-szu u3 a-na-ku
#tr.en: with a seeder-plow, and that I did
8. ki er-da-asz2-szu ki-i pa#-szu
#tr.en: oversee him, (and) that he did not
9. ki-i an-nu-ti ul#? [i]-te#-ep-sza2-an-ni
#tr.en: voice any objection to me,
10. ki-i in-da-na-ha#-ar#
#tr.en: (and) that I repeatedly approached him,
11. ki ir-da-a at-ta-at-la-ka
#tr.en: (and) that after he had followed my orders,that I came here to
12. ka-a-ri be-li2-ia-ma
#tr.en: the harbour district of my lord. And then
13. sza-qa2-[a _a-sza3]-mesz_ la [...]
#tr.en: the irrigating of the fields they/he/I did not ...
@left
1. [...] _sze-ba_ i-na qa-qa-ri a-a-i i-ka-[al?-lu?]
#tr.en: ... barley rations from this area may not be eaten.
2. [...]-e ma-la u2-ba-lu 1/2(disz) _u4_ ra-a#?-qa#
#tr.en: ... as much as they can carry. Half a work-free day
3. [...] lul#-lik _a-sza3_ x? u3 su? ma?-[...]
#tr.en: ... I may go. The field of ... and ...

&P261018 = PBS 1/2, 27
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@tablet
@obverse
1. _ARAD_-ka {disz}ta-ri-bu
#tr.en: Your servant Tarību:
2. a-na di-na-an be-li2-ia lul-lik
#tr.en: I may go as my lord's substitute!
3. um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia-a-ma
#tr.en: (Say) the following to my lord:
4. asz-szum-ma _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra
#tr.en: Because of Šamaš and Marduk, who my lord has written about
5. um-ma-a _pad_-ma ul ba-ni _kasz-sag_-ma
#tr.en: the following: “The food rations are not good. And the first-quality beer
6. ul t,a-a-ab u3 kib-su-um-ma ul ba-ni
#tr.en: is not good tasting. Also the rites are not good.
7. a-na-ku-ma mi-na-a s,a-ab-ta-ku#
#tr.en: What (kind of levies) have I seized?”
8. a-na-ku be-li2-ia u2-ba-qar2-ru [...]
#tr.en: If I will ever vindicate against my lord (i.e. face my lord in court),
9. sza be-li2-ia ur-ra u3 mu-u2-sza
#tr.en: then because of that of my lord, day and night
10. da-mi-ia i-na up-ni-ia na-sza-a-ku
#tr.en: I will carry my blood (money as compensation) for my crime!
11. ki-i-ki _pad_ la ba-na-a u3 _kasz-sag_ la t,a-ba
#tr.en: How come that I have let food, which is no t good, and first quality beer, which is no t good tasting,
12. a-na _e2-dingir-mesz_ sza be-li2-ia u2-sze-er-ri-ib
#tr.en: enter the houses of the gods of my lord?
13. asz-szu14 rik-si sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra
#tr.en: Regarding the riksu preparation (for the offering), which my lord wrote about:
14. rik-su ba-ni a-na a-mar be-li2-ia sza-ri-iq
#tr.en: The riksu preparation (for the offering) is good. It is ready for the inspection of my lord
15. u3 _gu4_ sza ha-za-an-ni i-na qa-ti
#tr.en: and they let the cows of the ḫazannu eat out of my hand (i.e. from my fodder).
16. u2-sza-ak-ka-lu4 asz-szu14 _muszen-hi-a_
#tr.en: Regarding the poultry,
17. sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra
#tr.en: which my lord wrote to me about,
18. 1(u) _uz-tur{muszen}_ sza i-na _sze-bar_ ni-mu-ru
#tr.en: I have let 1 0 ducks,which we inspected in the (process of eating? = i.e. which were fed with) barley,
19. a-na be-li2-ia usz-te-bi#-la
#tr.en: be brought to my lord.
20. 5(disz) _uz-tur{muszen}_ 4(disz) _kur-gi{muszen}_
#tr.en: The 5 ducks (and) 4 chickens,
21. sza be-li2 _zi3-da_ u3 ar-sa-a-ni szu-ku-la
#tr.en: which my lord had ordered me to let eat flour and groats,
22. isz-pu-ra _ta u4 8(disz)-kam 9(disz) muszen-hi-a_
#tr.en: these 9 birds have been eating (flour and groats) since the 8 th day,
23. ki-i ap-ru-su ik-ka-lu4
#tr.en: after I had separated (them from the others).
24. 9(disz) _uz-tur{muszen}_ a-na _sze-bar?#_ u3#?
#tr.en: 9 ducks (fed with/in exchange?) for the barley and
25. 9(disz) _uz-tur{muszen} 1(u) 1(disz) _kur-gi{muszen}_ u2-[...]
#tr.en: and 9 ducks and 11 geese,
@reverse
1. _en 3(disz) uz-tur{muszen}_ bu-ur-ru#-[mu-ti]
#tr.en: including 3 speckled ducks (mottled ducks),
2. ar-ki-ti _pap 3(u) 8(disz) muszen-hi#-[a_]
#tr.en: (they) will later be a total of 38 birds.
3. a-na _{disz}ARAD-u4-esz3-esz3 ARAD_-ka 3(disz) _uz#-[tur{muszen}] en#_-ia
#tr.en: Regarding ARAD-eššēši, your servant,when I sent (him) 3 of my ducks,
4. ki-i asz-pu-ra! 6(disz) _ma-gaba{muszen?}_
#tr.en: he had actually sealed 6 ... (birds)
5. i-na _{na4}dub_-szu2 ka-ni-ik ki-i u2-sze-bi#-la
#tr.en: on his tablet. After I had a tablet sent
6. a-na be-li2-ia usz-te-bi-la
#tr.en: to my lord, I have let them be brought (to ARAD-eššēši?).
7. 1(disz) {tug2}a-ri-bu u3 2(disz) _{tug2}gu2-e3_
#tr.en: Also I have let one aribû garment and two naḫlaptu garments
8. a-na be-li2-ia usz-te-bi-la
#tr.en: be brought to my lord.
9. asz-szu14 4(disz)? _{lu2}ad-kup4 {lu2}dug-qa-bur_ u3 _{lu2}ma2-lah4_
#tr.en: Regarding the atkuppu craftsman (, who makes objects out of reed), the potter, and the boatwright,
10. sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra na-ak-ka-ma#-tu
#tr.en: who my lord wrote about,the storehouses
11. ma-la-a u3 s,a-ab-tu-ma [u3] asz-szu
#tr.en: are full and they have seized it. Furthermore, regarding
12. _{disz}{d}3(u)_-mu-szab-szi _gar_-ni sza {iri}da#-[i]-hi
#tr.en: Sîn-mušabši, the šaknu of (the city) Daiḫi (?):
13. gi-isz-ra sza _gesz-mes-ma2-gan-na
#tr.en: When he made the logs of musukkannu wood cross
14. i-na _{iri}bad3-{d}3(u)_-mu-bal-lit, ki-i usz-bal-ki-ta
#tr.en: through the city Dūr-Sîn-muballiṭ,
15. a#-na# _{iri}ARAD-gaszan{ki}_ ki ir-da-a
#tr.en: and when he took (it) along to the city ARAD-Bēlti,
16. [...]-_{d}3(u) uz-[tur-mesz_ ...]
#tr.en: ...-Sîn the ducks ...
17. [... ma?]-ar?-ru-ti# [...]
#tr.en: they are/taste? bitter ...
18. 1(u) 2(asz) 1(ban2) [...]
#tr.en: 12 gur 1 ban2 ...
19. i-ta-ta-na-[ad-di-in?-na-szu-nu? ...]
#tr.en: He gave (them?) repeatedly ...
20. u3 lisz-qa2 at-ta-[...]
#tr.en: and may he give (them) to drink. I have ...
21. u3 ni#-ig#-ga#-[al-tu? ...]
#tr.en: and? the sickles (?) ...
22. ki-i u2-s,a#-[bi]-tu# 1(disz) _u8_?-su#? id#?-da#?-na#?
#tr.en: when he seized it,1 of his (?) ewes (?)...
23. usz-ta-ki-il u3 _dub sze_ sza be-li2-ia
#tr.en: he has let them eat,and when the tablet about the barley of my lord
24. ki-i ik-szu-da a-na ha-za-an-ni ki-i
#tr.en: had arrived, and when I spoke to the ḫazannu
25. [aq]-bu-u2 um-ma-a _erin2-hi-a_ i-din-ma _a2-mesz_ lisz-szu-u2
#tr.en: the following: “Give ṣābu workers and they may carry out the work for wages”,
26. ul# id#-di-na _lu2 uz-mesz_ up-tal2-<li>-qu
#tr.en: he did not give (them). The men have already slaughtered the ducks.
27. _dumu# {disz}{d}3(u)-sag-kal_-du3#? it-ti _muszen-mesz_
#tr.en: The son of Sîn-ašarēdu with (not only) the birds
28. a-na sza-pa-ri-szu2 _im-babbar_-szu2 _{na4}ka_
#tr.en: intended for his sending(, but also) his gypsum (surface covering) and the flint (blade) into pieces
29. up-ta-al-li-iq-szu
#tr.en: has chopped together.
@left
1. u3 a-na sza a-qab-bu-u2-ma x-[...] ul i-szim-ma-an#-[ni ...]
#tr.en: And for that,which I am talking about,and … since he does not listen to me# ...,
2. a-na a-la-ki i-na ta-ka-s,i _muszen-hi-a_ e-te#-en-da
#tr.en: thus for the going onto the slaughtering block (?) I have placed them there.

&P267031 = BE 17/1, 48
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@tablet
@obverse
1. [...]-x [...]
#tr.en: ...
2. a-na di-na#-an be-[li2]-ia# lul-[lik]
#tr.en: I may go as my lord's substitute!
3. um-ma-a a-na be-[li2]-ia-ma
#tr.en: The following (say) to my lord:
4. i-na _sza3 a-sza3-mesz_ sza _ensi2-mesz#_
#tr.en: Out of (the heart of) the fields of the iššakku farmers,
5. _a-sza3_ sza {disz}a-na-_{d}3(u)_-tak-la-ku _ta_
#tr.en: (from) the field of Ana-Sîn-taklāku, from there,
6. sza i-na lib3-ba e-ri-szu
#tr.en: where I had seeded with a seeder-plow (in the middle),
7. {disz}u-ba-ru3 ki-i u2-sze-la-an-ni
#tr.en: after Ubāru had let it come up to me,
8. {disz}na-ah-zi-_{d}marduk_ ul-te-ri-da
#tr.en: Na(ḫ)zi-Marduk had let it come down to me.
9. a-di sza _dumu {disz}ARAD_-iu-u2 ku-du-ur-ra
#tr.en: Until there, where the son of Ardīju had established a border,
10. ki-i ik-di-ra ki-i im-hur-an-ni
#tr.en: (and) after he had received from me,
11. a-na _{i7}iszkur-uru4_ it-ta-din
#tr.en: he gave to Adad-ē/īriš.
12. um-ma-a be-el-ka iq-ba-a
#tr.en: Your lord said the following:
13. _a-sza3_ ha-an-sza ki-i u2-sze-ri-ba#-an-ni
#tr.en: “After he let them seed the fifth field for me,
14. _sag-du a-sza3_ im-ta-ha-as,-[ma]
#tr.en: he has ploughed a fallow field and
15. szu-u2 it-ta-[di-in]
#tr.en: he gave it.
@reverse
1. u3 _dumu_ {disz}hu#-na-bi it#-[...]
#tr.en: and the son of Ḫunābu did ...
2. um-ma-a a-na ka-a-sza [...]
#tr.en: The following he said to you: ...
3. iq-ba-a la ir-ri-[isz? ...]
#tr.en: “He shall not seed ...”
4. ia-a-szi ul-te-la-an-ni
#tr.en: He made me go up
5. u3 _a-sza3_ sza _{disz}ninnu-kisz-dingir-mesz_
#tr.en: and when I had inspected the field of Enlil-kiššat-ilāni,
6. ki-i a-mu-ru-ma gi-ir-ri szu-ru dan{an}
#tr.en: (thereon) mypaththereedwasstrong.
7. {disz}bu-na-{d}nin-urta ki-i u2-ri-du i-te-li
#tr.en: When Bunna-Ninurta came down, he(= Enlil-kiššat-ilāni) went up.
8. sza-nu-u2 u3 sza-al-szum-ma
#tr.en: The second and the third (person),
9. ma-la im-ma-ru-szu ma-am-ma ul i-s,a-bat
#tr.en: as many as will inspect him, no one of these will seize him.
10. il-lu-u2 u3 i-ri-iq-qu
#tr.en: They will get up and they will leave.
11. um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia-ma ki-i pa-du
#tr.en: Th e following (say) to my lord: When he is in fetters,
12. ul mu-sza-ki-lu a-na-ku lu man-za-az
#tr.en: I am not a fattener, it is the case that I am a
13. pa-ni a-na-ku _i7_ eh-te-ri um#-ma#-a#
#tr.en: palace official. I am used to digging canals!
14. aq-ta-ba e-[...]
#tr.en: I said the following: ...
15. a#-na# _sza3 a-sza3#_ [...]
#tr.en: for the middle of the field of ...

&P265132 = PBS 1/2, 57
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@obverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [...] ga#? [...]
#tr.en: ...
2'. u3 [...] sza _i7_ [...]
#tr.en: and ... of the river ...
3'. a-na# _e2 {disz}{d}3(u)_-ma-[gi-ir]
#tr.en: to Bīt-Sîn-māgir
4'. _erin2-mesz_-szu-nu i-na _ka2 i7#_ a-[da-at-tu4? ...]
#tr.en: Their ṣabu workers in the gate of the nāru canal .../of the town Adattu? ...
5'. u3 tak-ki-ra sza be-li2-[ia ...]
#tr.en: and the takkīru canal of my lord ...
6'. _erin2-mesz_ na-sza-ku _ka2_ tak-[ki-ri ...]
#tr.en: I am raising ṣabu workers. The gate of the takkīru canal...
7'. [_{disz}e2_]-sag-il2-s,u2-ri-[ia ...]
#tr.en: Esagil-ṣūrīja ...
8'. [...] _{disz}{d#}iszkur-lugal-dingir-[mesz_ ...]
#tr.en: ... Adad-šar-ilāni ...
9'. a-na _{disz}en_-ka-la-_{d}marduk{ki}_ [...]
#tr.en: After ( I/he) said (?) to Bēl-kala-Marduk ...
10'. um-ma-a sza _e2_ {disz}{d}en-lil2-ki-di#-[ni ...]
#tr.en: the following: “Because those of the house of Enlil-kidinnī ...
11'. gi-na-ti gu-un-nu-nu el#-la#-[a]
#tr.en: are confined in confinements,(because of that) I will come up (?).
12'. a-na me2-ke-ri ma-am-ma ul i-nam#-din-na-an-ni
#tr.en: No one gives (them) to me for irrigating!
13'. ri#-da-am-ma ki-la-a-ti sza e-pu-szu
#tr.en: Lead them here and do thoroughly inspect each kilâtudam, which they have made,
14'. i-ta-am-mar-ma t,e-em-ka a-na _e2-gal_ te-er
#tr.en: and make your report for the palace return (here)!”
15'. ki-i ir-da-a _ka2_ tak-ki-ri i-ta#-ta-mar
#tr.en: After he had led them here, the gate of the takkīru (canal) he inspected.
16'. _{disz}du3_-a-sza-_{d}marduk_ u3 _ARAD-gaszan_
#tr.en: Banâ-ša-Marduk and ARAD-Bēlti
17'. _{disz}en_-ka-la-_{d}marduk_ u2-si-niq-szu-nu-ti
#tr.en: Bēl-kala-Marduk interrogated,
18'. um-ma-a szu-u2-ra am-mi-na-an-na-a
#tr.en: thus that one: “Why now
19'. ta-ki-ir-ma gi-na-ti am-mi-ni
#tr.en: did you cut the reed, and (in) the confinements why
20'. gu-un-nu-na-tu-nu-ma
#tr.en:  are you all confined?
21'. ni-ri-ib szar-ri am-mi-ni tu#-sza#-da-a
#tr.en: Why have you all let them remove the entrance way of the king?”
22'. {disz}asz-ta-ba lu-tu-ra asz-a-bu#
#tr.en: Aš-taba may return here. The resident (?)
23'. _ka2_ ip-te pi-ta sza ip-tu-[u2]
#tr.en: opened the gate. The opening, which they opened,
24'. _en_-szu2 _ki_-ia i-la-ka
#tr.en: —whenever his lord will come here together with me—
@reverse
1. a-na-ku i-na t,u2-bi-ia e-pe-he
#tr.en: then I will gladly block it (and)
2. lu-masz-szir9 i-na-an-na _{iri}kin_-li{ki}
#tr.en: I may release (you). Now, the town Niggallu
3. ul mi-ki-ir sza gi-na-a-ti
#tr.en: is not irrigated. Regarding the confinements,
4. gu-un-nu-na-a-tu-nu ta-kul-ta
#tr.en: which you are confined in,
5. szar-ra man-nu u2-sza-ak-kal
#tr.en: who will let the king eat the banquet?”
6. u3 i-na-an-na szu-u2-ra a-na s,a-pe-e-ma
#tr.en: And now, the reed for the flooding and
7. tak-ki-ra a-na si-ki-ir
#tr.en: for damming up the canal,
8. a-na-ku _{disz}ARAD-gaszan {disz}du3_-a-sza2-_{d}marduk_
#tr.en: when I, ARAD-Bēlti, Banâ-ša-Marduk,
9. {disz}ki#-lam-di-szi-pak sza _e2_ {disz}mu-bar-ri-i
#tr.en: Kilamdi-Šīpak of the house of Mubarrû,
10. u3 {disz}mar-tu-ku _{lu2}hal_
#tr.en: and Martukku, the diviner,
11. i-na mu-uh tak-ki-ri ki#! ni#-nam#?-din#?
#tr.en: when we gave it for the takkīru canal,
12. mu-u2 i-na _ka2_ tak-ki-ri {disz}{d}[en]-lil2#-ki#?-din-ni#
#tr.en: there was water in the gate of the takkīru canal of Enlil-kidinni (?).
13. a-na na-de-e mi-ih#-ri
#tr.en: For the erecting of a miḫrudam
14. sza [_e2 {disz}{d}]3(u)_-ma-gir-ma#
#tr.en: of Bīt-Sîn-māgir and
15. [...] la [...]
#tr.en: ... not ...
16. [...]
#tr.en: ...

&P261026 = PBS 1/2, 50
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@tablet
@obverse
1. [...]-_mesz_ mu#?-[...]
#tr.en: ...
2. [...]-_mesz_-u2 gi#?-na#?-ta#? [...]
#tr.en: ...(pl.) confinement# ? ...
3. [x x-x]-s,a# be-li2-ia ia-nu [...]
#tr.en: ... of my lord is lacking. ...
4. u3 2(disz) _erin2-hi-a_ bu-ri a-na hu-[ur-ru? ...]
#tr.en: and two ṣābu workers for the digging of wells ...
5. i-na-na-ma _{gesz}kiri6_ i-na _u4 5(disz)-kam#_ [...]
#tr.en: And now on the 5 th day the garden ...
6. ki-i kul-li-[zu] i-s,i _{gesz}kiri6_ [...] it-ta-ak#?-[su? ...]
#tr.en: when the ox driver has chopped (?) wood from the garden ...
7. i-na-an-na ki i-tab-la a-na ki ma2-s,i u4-mi a-na [...]
#tr.en: Now, when he carried it off-for how many days to ...
8. i-tu-ur-ra 2(disz) _erin2-hi-a_ sza ak-lu-u2 bu-ri li-[ih-ru ...]
#tr.en: will he return? May the two workers,who I have detained, have dug wells,
9. u3 me-e a-na da-li-i li-id-[di]-nu-ma _e2_ na-pisz-ta5 [...]
#tr.en: so that they may give water for drawing and so that the house may? live.
10. _u4-1(disz)-kam_ nap#-har _erin2-hi-a_ a-na _{i7}bad3-{d}iszkur{ki}_ ul-te-bi-ir
#tr.en: On the first day I let the total of the workers repeatedly cross back and forth over the Dūr-Adad canal (= i.e. to check which parts need redigging/repair?).
11. _{i7}bad3-{d}iszkur{ki}_ a-di _u4 1(u)-kam_ usz-ta-[na]-as-sa#-ha#-ma#
#tr.en: I will have the Dūr-Adad canal dug up until the 1 0 th day and
12. me-e e-pe2-et-te a-na pa-an-_edin_ sza al-li-[ka? har-bi? sza?]
#tr.en: I will open the water for the pīḫātu Pān-ṣēri. Regarding the fact that I went to...
13. _ensi2-hi-a_ sza _uru_-{d}nin-urta-mu-bal-li2-it,[...]
#tr.en: the išša kku farmers of the city Āl-Ninurta-muballi ṭ ...
14. re-e-sza ki-i asz-szu-u2 u3 il-te#-en#-nu-u2 zu-[...]
#tr.en: when I checked the number of men, then each one ...
15. i-na mu-uh-hi al-ta-ta-ka-an u3 5(disz)# x [...]
#tr.en: (on the fields/canals) there I placed each of them and then 5(disz) ...
16. a-na il-te-en-nu-u2 a-wi-le-e ma-nu-ti [...]
#tr.en: to each man, who was counted, ...
17. _gu4-hi-a_ sza {disz}ib-ni-{d}kur sza 6(disz) har-bi ki-i a-ma#?-ru
#tr.en: when I had inspected (?) the cattle of Ibni-Amurru, the ones of th e six ḫarbu fields,
18. szum#-ma# a-na bu-ul-lu-[li] im-me2-esz-szi-lu
#tr.en: and when# to scatter (them on the fields) they had divided them evenly (i.e. between the fields),
19. [...]-e-ma-lu-u2 _{gesz#}kiri6_-ru-um-ma i-sza-ta-ti
#tr.en: ... are full (?). In the garden(s) are fires
20. [...]-ak-ku-nu u3 _gu4-hi-a {iri}bad3-{d}marduk{ki}_
#tr.en: your (Pl. m) ... and the cattle of the city Dūr-Marduk
21. [...] 3(u) 1(disz) har-bi ki-i a-mu-[ru?] i-[...]-na-ap?-szu-nu-ti
#tr.en: ... when I inspected 3 1 ḫarbu fields ... he ... them
22. _geme2 ARAD_-ka szu-nu-ti la# [...]
#tr.en: don ’t ... your female and male servants
23. 6(disz) har-bu da-an-ni-isz szu-[...]
#tr.en: 6(disz) ḫarbu fields strongly ...
24. [...] {disz}tu-kul-ti-_{d}kur_ ki-i a-mu-ru-ma a-[...]
#tr.en: ... when I saw Tukultī-Amurru and ...
25. [...] _gu4#-hi-a_ da-an-nu-ma a-a-u2 _uru_ tu-nu-[...]
#tr.en: ... strong cattle and which city have you ...
26. [... de]-ke-e _numun_ um-mu#-ru sza _uru_-re-e-i{ki} [...]
#tr.en: ... of/to (?) the dēkû officials the seeds are inspected (?). Regarding the city Āl-rē’î:
27. [i-na? _sze?]-numun_ de-e-ki [...] _sze-numun_ uh-hu-ur u3 _numun_ [...]
#tr.en: out of? (the barley) seeds of the dēkû officials ... barley seeds remain (due?) and seeds ...
28. [u2]-du-u2-szu a-di ki-[...]-i# i-na de-ke-e u2-ni-x?-[x-x?]
#tr.en: his ... until ... in the collecting of levies he did ...
29. [...]-ir _numun_ [...] _lu2_ ha-[...]-i-di 2(u) 2(asz) _gur#_ [...]
#tr.en: ... seeds? ... the (person) ... 22 gur ...
30. [...] _ARAD_ [...] ri!#-ik-su
#tr.en: ... servant ... the riksu preparation (for the offering)
31. [...]-re-e li#-bar-ru#?
#tr.en: ... he may observe# ?
32. [...] gi#-ti _hi-a#?_ [...]
#tr.en: ...
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1. [...] di# _numun_-u2 a-na me-e za-la-[...]
#tr.en: ... the seeds to water ...
2. [...] it-tu-u2 u3 mu-u2 i-na bu-ri-[i? ...]
#tr.en: ... with me? and water in the well ...
3. [...]-ma i-sza-ap-pi2-lu _{gesz#!}kiri6-mesz_ am-mi-ni _lu2_-{d}[...]
#tr.en: ... and they will go deep. Why has Amīl-... the gardens
4. [...] a-na _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_ a-na-ku a-nam-din asz-szu14 {i7}bad3-{d}iszkur{ki}
#tr.en: ...? I have given for the gardens. Regarding the Dūr-Adad canal,
5. [...] sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra um-ma-a _{iti}sig4-a {iti}szu-numun-na_
#tr.en: ... which my lord wrote to me about the following: “In the month simanu, the month du’ū zu,
6. [...] u3 _{iti}ne-gar_ he-ra-a ki#-i# aq-ba-ak-ku! ul te-eh-ri
#tr.en: .. . and the month abu the digging, which I had ordered you to do, you did not dig.
7. [...] _{i7}bad3-{d}iszkur{ki}_ ab-la-at [ma?]-a ul ah-ri
#tr.en: ... The Dūr-Adad canal has dried up.” All I can say is: I have not dug.
8. [lu]-u2 ab-la-at i-na _{iti}sig4-a_ i-na he-re-e ug-dam-mi-ir#
#tr.en: It may dry up, since I have completed the digging in the month simanu already.
9. [...] i#-na-an-na-ma a-na a-ba-li [uh]-hu-ra-at _nig2-szid_-ia [...]
#tr.en: ... Now# it has been left there to dry up. My account was ...
10. [... i]-na _ka2-dingir-ra{ki}_ be-li2 ki-i [i-mu-ru] sza ul-tu _{iti}sig4-a_
#tr.en: when my lord inspected it ... in Babylon. Regarding the fact that from the month simanu
11. [a]-di _{iti}ne-gar_ qa2-nu-u2 a-[...] i-na-na be-li2 li-tu-ur-ma
#tr.en: until the month abu reed has .... Now my lord may return and
12. [... li]-pu-usz-ma ul-tu qa2-nu# u2#?-qat-tu-u2 be-li2 ki li-ib-bi-szu
#tr.en: ... he may act upon it. After he will have finished (off) the reed, my lord may treat me according to his heart.
13. li#-[pu-usz]-sza-an-ni [a]-na mi#-ni#-i _erin2-hi-a_ ri-iq-ma u3 a-na-ku a-da-gal
#tr.en: Why are the worktroops idle and I have to wait?
14. asz-szu14 {iri}e-mu-qa2-at-_{d}marduk_ sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra um-ma-a
#tr.en: Regarding the city Emūqāt-Marduk, which my lord wrote to me about the following:
15. asz-szu14 la i-ri-szu ut,-t,e4-ta li-si-ru-szu i-na {iri}e-mu-qa2-at-_{d}marduk_
#tr.en: Because he has not cultivated, they may collect barley from him. In the city Emūqāt-Marduk
16. be-li2 _i7_ ul ih-ra-a a-na-ad-di ki-i ir-ri-szu
#tr.en: my lord has not dug the nāru canal. I will let it lie fallow. When he wants to cultivate it,
17. u3 lu _erin2-hi-a_ a-na pa-ni-ia mu#-usz#!-szur#?-szu# um-ma-a i-na _erin2-hi-a_
#tr.en: then it might be the case that the workers,which were (assigned) for me, are already set free for him. The following: Because with the help of the workers
18. _i7_ ki la te-eh-ri-ma# la te-ri-isz lu _e_ lu _i7_ hal-pu
#tr.en: you did not dig a canal and you did not cultivate, because of that either the iku irrigation canal or the nāru canal are covered (?).
19. i-na ba-lu4 be-li2-ia ul e-he-[er]-ri i-na-an-na _erin2-hi-a_ a-na pa-ni-ia
#tr.en: Without my lord(' s permission) I will not dig. Now the workers,which had been (assigned) to me,
20. mu-usz-szur-ma u3# ul-tu-ra#-ma#?-ni#-ia sza _sza3_ i-qa2-ab-ba a-tasz-bu
#tr.en: are set free. Therefore out of myself that of my heart I will speak about the fact that I have sat around (here waiting)
21. be-li2 a-na tu#-[ur-ri-x] um-ma-a ki-i dul-la an-ni-a-am i-na ra-ma-[ni-ka]
#tr.en: for my lord to return. The following: When you performed this dullu work duty on your own ( = in t hat of yo urself)
22. te-pu-szu _i7#_ [...]-szu-{d}marduk# ki-i la te-eh-[ri ...]
#tr.en: you did not dig the canal …šu-Marduk.
23. _erin2-hi-a_ be-li2 ki-i re-qi2#? ul i-di-nam ki-i la hi-t,u2-u2 _erin2#-[hi-a?]
#tr.en: When the workers of my lord were idle, then he did not give. But because it was not the offence of the workers?
24. ut,-t,e4-ta sza be-li2 le-qa2-a iq-bu-u2 i-le-qu2-ma sza be-li2-ia-ma
#tr.en: they will take the barley, which my lord ordered them to take: That of my lord (i.e. from his stocks)
25. u3 _ninda_-szu-ma sza be-li2-ia-ma ki-i ib-te-ru-u2 i-na _e2_ be-li2-ia
#tr.en: and his bread, that of my lord. Whenever they are hungry don’t I (usually) receive rations from the estate of my lord?
26. ip-ra-a ul a-ma-har asz-szu14 _ansze-kur-ra_ sza be-li2 isz-pu-ra
#tr.en: Regarding the horses,which my lord wrote to me
27. um-ma-a _ansze-kur-ra_ sza ad-di-na-ku szu-bi-la12 a-a-u2-tu# _ansze-kur-ra_
#tr.en: the following about: The horse, which I gave to you, let it be brought to me! Which horses
28. sza be-li2-ia-ma a-a-u2-tu at-tu-u2-a a-na-ku# _ansze#-kur-ra_
#tr.en: are the ones of my lord and which ones are mine? I have the horses
29. sza be-li2-ia a-ki ki-na-tu-u2-a _sipa ansze-kur-ra-[mesz_ ...]
#tr.en: of my lord, as well as of my servants and the shepherds of the horses ....
30. s,a-ab-tu-ma _ansze-kur-ra_ sza an-na-an-na i-qab-bu [...]
#tr.en: They have been seized and the horses of so and so, which he spoke about,are ...
31. u3 _ansze-kur-ra_ sza be-li2-ia ma-a-di i-tu-u2-[a ...]
#tr.en: and the horses of my lord are numerous. By my side ...
32. [...] ir-te-mu-ka a!-a-ka-a nu-ba-'a-a-szu-nu-ti _edin_ i#?-ma-al?-lu
#tr.en: ... has mercy with you. Where shall we search for them? The steppe will be filled ...