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(1) [To the king, my lord]: your [servant Šamaš-upahhir]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! (3) As to [the measurements] of the b[ull coloss]i about which the king [my lord wrote to] me, the length of the first bu[ll colossus] is [x] and a half royal [cubits], [its] widt[h is x]; from the length and the width [x] cubits and a half have been finished. (11) [Another] colossus: [length is] 9.5 cubits; from its other side t[o the r]iver [......] cubits [...... (Break) (r 1) [a bull colossus: length is x cubits], width [x cubits]; (r 2) a bull colossus: [length] 10.[5 cubits], width 5 cubits;…
