P265996: letter tablet
nan CDLI
Obverse
a-na be-li2-ia qi2-bi-ma um-ma-a (disz)eri-ba-_(d)marduk _arad__-ka-ma a-na di-na-an be-li2-ia lul-lik um-ma-a a-na be-li2-ia-ma _lu2-sag-lugal_ sza dul-la u2-sze-ep-pe#-szu14 qi2-pu-ti _ARAD-mesz_-ka lu-u2 sza _nibru(ki)_ _bad3_-ku-ri-gal-zu u3 _iri-_arad_-gaszan_ i-na mu-uh dul-li ka-ri-in-szu2-nu-ti u3 a-szi-ib pa-ni-szu-nu a-na pe-te-e ul i-nam-din-szu-nu-ti lu-u2-s,i de-[ka? ...]
To my lord speak! Thus Eriba-Marduk, your servant: To the judgment of my lord I shall go! Thus to my lord: the eunuch whom the work has done shall perform the work. Your servants, whether from Nippur, Dur-Kurigalzu, or Iri-ARAD-belat, concerning the work of their karinu and those who reside in their presence, shall not give them. May I not ... the .
Speak to my lord: The following says Eriba-Marduk, your servant, I may go as my lord's substitute! The following say to my lord: The sha resh sharri, who lets the dullu work duty be carried out, is slowing down the qipu commissioners, your servants,the ones from Nippur, from Dur-Kurigalzu and from al-Arad-Belti in them doing the dullu work duty, and as the one, who is sitting in front of them, to the opening of channels he does not give them. I may go out and the summoner for workforce? ...
Reverse
[...] iq-bi#-ma#? um-ma-a _gu2-gal za3-hi-li_ u3 _i3-gesz_ sza a-na _erin2-mesz_ dul-li a-na na-da-a-ni ia-'a-nu li-il-qu2-ni _lu2-sag-lugal_ ul-tu dul-la la u2-sze-ep-pe-szu u2-ma-t,a
... said, saying: "The ..., the ..., and the oil which are to be given to the troops for the work, are there any?? The king's eunuch should not do the work, he will be killed."
... he said the following: "Chick peas,cress, and oil, the ones to be given to the shabu workers for the dullu work duty, to give it, they are not there." They may take those! Since the sha resh sharri has not let them carry out the dullu work duty he has decreased the quantity.