No. IV

No. IV 1

1. To Dûdu 2 my lord, my father,
2. I speak, even Aziru 3 thy son, thy servant;
3. at the feet of my father I prostrate myself;
4. unto the feet of my father may there be peace!
5. O Dûdu, now [the daughter (?)]
6. [of the king (?)] my lord, Gama …
7. …… the foundation
8. of the palace of my lord the king has been laid
9. and for a temple I have founded (it).

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10. This I have done: as for thee there is none (else)
11. my father; and now the plantations,
12. O Dûdu, my father, set in the ground,
13. and I will look after the girl.

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14. [And] thou (art) my father and my lord.
15. [Verily] I will look after the girl; the kings of the Amorites (?) 4
16. [are] thy … and my house (is) from

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17. … and the planting
18. I have directed and …
19. the planting I have accomplished.

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20. [And] thou to the presence
21. of my [lord], in the companionship
22 the foundation-stones of the palace I laid.

The next nine lines are too mutilated for translation.

32. [And] I (am) the servant of the king my lord,
33. [who comes] from (fulfilling) the orders of the king my lord
34. [and] from (fulfilling) the orders of Dûdu my father.
35. I observe [all of them] until his return.
36 he sends [a messenger],
37. he sends a soldier;
38. but let me come to thee.

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