AOAT 258, pl. 14 (81-2-4,233)

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237004

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Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AOAT 258, pl. 14 (81-2-4,233). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P237004) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P237004..

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