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
beginning broken
1'. in#-[...]
2'. ina tukul-ti# [...]
3'. {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza [...]
4'. {iri}ni-i'# [...]
5'. ik-szu-da [...]
6'. _nig2#-szu#-mesz nig2-ga#_ [...]
7'. [x x]-ti# bir-me _gada-[...]_
8'. [...] _mah#-mesz_ [...]
9'. [...] x [...]
rest broken
n columns broken
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. [...]-kis u2-rat-ta-a _ka2#-[x_ x]
2'. [...] nam#-ru u2-hal-lip#-[x]
3'. [...]-le-ni-szu2 e-mi3-id
4'. [...]-tu# na-s,ir _lugal_-ti-ia
5'. [...]-szak#-lil lu-le-e u2-ma-al-li
6'. _[...]-mesz# gurun# nig2-sa-sa-hi-a_ ka-la-mu
7'. [...] szi#-pir# ep-sze-e-ti-szu2
8'. [...]-ri#-ih-ti
9'. _[...]-mesz#_-ia#
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