Official or display prism excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
object prism
surface a
beginning broken
column 1'
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1'. [...]-kun#
2'. [...]-ni#-ba-a'-al
3'. [...] {disz#}bu-di#-ba-a'-al#
4'. [...] ba-a'-al-ha-nu-nu
5'. [...]-bi-mil-ki {disz}pab-mil-ki
6'. [...]-me# u2-lab-bisz#
7'. [...] rit-te-szu2#-un#
8'. [...]-zis#-su#-nu#-ti
9'. [...]-di#
10'. _[...]-ab#-ba_
11'. _[...]-mesz#_-ia
12'. [...] _mu#_-szu2
13'. [...]-szu2-ma#
14'. [...]-nu#-a
15'. [...]-bat#-ma
16'. [...]-ka#
rest broken
column 2'
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1'. it#-[...]
2'. {iri}sza2-pi-i#_-{d#}en# iri#_ tukul#-ti# {kur#}gam#-bu#-[...]
3'. qe2-reb _iri_ szu-a-tu e-[x x]
4'. _ug3#-mesz_-szu2 as-lisz u2#-t,a#-[x? x x]
5'. {disz}du-na-nu {disz}sa-am#-[x x]
6'. mu-nar-ri-t,u e-pesz# [...]
7'. ina {gesz#}s,i#-is,-s,i isz-[...]
8'. u2-tam-me-ha# [...]
9'. si-it-ti _dumu#-[...]_
10'. _numun e2 ad_-szu2 [...]
11'. {disz}{d}ag-i# [...]
12'. _dumu-mesz {disz}{d}ag#-[...]_
13'. u3 _giri3#-[...]_
14'. it#-[...]
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