"My lord, you have given me instructions about every matter, from the waters of the sea and the land of , from the salt waters and the borders of the land of the Martu, to the side of . [...] Their various cities and all their environs, their canals, fields, arable tracts and their embankments and ditches. [...] All the cities are listening to my lord. [...] I have established strong guards for their fortresses, and I have made all their troops submit."
January 1, 1970
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