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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 298. Moving Bull Colossi Across the River (ABL 1362)
(Beginning destroyed) (4) As to the of[ficials] in Adi[a] and in Tas[tiate concerning whom] the king, my lord, wro[te me]: "All of them should go t[o Dur-Šarruken]!" — (9) the bu[ll colossi] of the magnates are set up to[gether] and the king, my lord, [(earlier) said]: "They should quickly ... the colossi and as long as the water in the river is [low, bring them across] the river!" (14) Who [...] would (then) stay (here) to look after the [bull colossi]? (r 1) N[ow], the magnates are waiting for [me]. May the king, my lord, wait for me (until) Siv[an] (III), and I will (then) get the work…
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