Official or display prism excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Transliteration
object prism
surface a
column 1
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1'. [...]{ki#} _ad#_ ba#-nu#-u#-[x]
2'. [...]-be#-lu# _kur_-su
3'. [...] _gal#-mesz en-mesz_-ia
4'. [...] ra#-ma-ni-szu2
5'. [...] mu#-s,ur
6'. [...]-a#-ki
rest broken
column 2
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1'. u2#-[x x] a#-ri-im#-szu2# [...]
2'. _lugal#_ {kur}s,ur-ri u2-rak#-[...]
3'. ina tam-tim u na-ba-li ger-re#-[...]
4'. ap-ti ma-da-at-ta-szu2 [...]
5'. szal-mesz a-tu-ra a-na nina{ki#} [...]
6'. ma-al-ki _muru2_ tam-tim u3# [...]
7'. _kur#-mesz#_ x x x x x x? [...]
rest broken