CT 28, pl. 15, K 09837

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398344

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From the same catalogue range (near P398344)

P398345 · ~760 BCE

BAM 5, 483

P398343 · ~760 BCE

K 09836 + K 10338 + K 20638

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — CT 28, pl. 15, K 09837. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398344) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398344..

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