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
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1'. _[...]-en#-na#_
2'. [...]-ta#-ki# id#-ka-a
3'. [...]-s,i# _kur_ uri{ki}
4'. [...] {d#}muati-mu-kam-esz sza ul-tu qe2-reb {kur}gam-bu-li
5'. [x]-qu#-u-ni a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki} _giri3-pad-ra2-mesz_ sza2-a-te-na
6'. [x x]-ret# _abul muru2 iri_ nina#{ki#}
7'. [x]-szah#-szi-la _dumu-mesz_-szu2
single ruling
8'. [...]-i#?-gasz sza2 t,a-ab-tu2 ma-a'-as-su e-pu-szu2-usz
9'. [...] a#-na# _lugal_-ut {kur}elam-ma{ki} sza _saga_-ti3 la has-su
10'. [...] x x x
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1'. _mu#_ [...]
2'. {d}a#-[...]
3'. ar-ka#-[...]
4'. _mun_ la is,-s,ur#-[...]
5'. a-na sza2-'a-al szul#-[...]
6'. ik#-la#-a# [...]
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