Plain text of Letter from Sîn-illat to Iddin-Dagan about confronting the Martu
1-3 Speak to my lord: this is what Sîn-illat the general, your servant, says:
4-7 When I moved opposite Kakkulatum, the Martu rose up from their ambush with their weapons. When I ......, I captured 70 ...... and brought them into Kakkulatum.
8-11 If my lord arranges for the troops to encamp, let him have them take their tied-up leather sacks. If my lord arranges for the troops not to encamp, then let them stay put (2 mss. have instead: then let them go). May my lord know (1 ms. has instead: This is urgent)!