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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object prism
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1'. [x]-sza2-ki#-le#-[...]-am#-ma szal-la-tisz am-nu
2'. gi#-mir um#-[...]-la ba-szu2-u
3'. mar-kas _iri_ u _edin#_ [x x]-s,a#-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nu
4'. _gu4#-mesz_ s,e-e-ni [...] _ansze#-kunga-mesz_
5'. sza2#? ni-ba la i-szu#-[...] szal#-la-tisz am-nu
6'. _[x]-mesz# kur_-szu2 zi-kir# [...] _gal_
7'. [x x] ul# e-zib u2#-[...]-nu#
8'. [...]-ra#-a {lu2#}[...]
9'. [...] kit#-ri {kur}gam#-[...]
10'. [x]-bu# qe2#-[...]
11'. bal#-t,u-us-su ina# [...]
12'. _sag#-du_-su [x x]
13'. it-ti pa-ni {disz}du-na-[...]
14'. _iri_ szu-a-tu2 ap-pul aq#-[...]
15'. a#-di la ba-sze-e [...]
16'. na#-gu-u2 szu-a-tum [...]
17'. ri#-gim a-me-lu-ti ap-ru#-[...]
18'. [x] tu#-kul-ti an-szar2 _{d}en {d}ag dingir-mesz#_ [...]
19'. [x] _kur2#-mesz_-ia a-ni-ir szal-mesz a-tu-ra# [...]
20'. [...] te#-um-man _man_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} ina _gu2_ [...]
21'. [x x] ki#-szit-ti {kur#}[...]
22'. [...] x [...]
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1'. x [...]
2'. x [...]
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