Geers Heft G p. 033 (...,019+ 023+ 035), p. 40 (...,243) p. 41 (...,291+292)

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237578

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Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Geers Heft G p. 033 (...,019+ 023+ 035), p. 40 (...,243) p. 41 (...,291+292). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P237578) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P237578..

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