Position in chronology
First Impressions 75ff.
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From the same catalogue range (near P272887)
Transliteration
x pa-utu-x-szi gal-e2 x x u2-szi ub sanga e2-gal
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — First Impressions 75ff.. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (P272887) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P272887..
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