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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column 1'
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1'. [...] _en#_-[x x]
2'. [...] ri#-du-ti#-[x]
3'. [...]-pur-am-ma#
4'. [...] _giri3-min_-ia#
5'. [...] ar-szi-szu-ma
6'. [...] szul#-me u2-ma-'e-er _edin_-usz-szu2
7'. [...] lib3-bi-szu2 u2-sze-bi-la
8'. [x x] e-pesz _{munus}agrig_-u2-ti
9'. [x x]-at-ta-szu2 mah-ri-tu
10'. [x x] ter#-s,i _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia u2-szab-t,i-lu
11'. [x]-szu-u2-ni a-di mah-ri-ia
12'. [x _x]-kur#-ra-mesz_ e-li ma-da-at-ti-szu2 mah-ri-ti
13'. [x]-rad#-di-ma e-mi3-is-su
single ruling
14'. [...] ger#-ri-ia a-na {kur}elam-ma{ki}
15'. [x]-te#-esz-sze-ra har-ra-nu
16'. [...] an#-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}iszkur {d}en {d#}ag#
17'. [x x] x nina{ki} {d#}szar#-[...]
18'. [... limmu2]-dingir{ki} [...]
19'. [...] x x? [...]
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column 2'
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1'. x [...]
2'. qe2#-reb# [...]
3'. u3# {disz#}[...]
4'. ina pa#-an# {lu2#}[...]
5'. _ugu_ a-ma#-a#-[...]
6'. an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz)# [...]
7'. {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu# _szesz#-[...]_
8'. it-ti 1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz)# _nun#-[...]_
9'. la# [...]
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