R 4, 40, 2; Thureau-Dangin, RAcc, 1921, 151-152

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237725

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Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — R 4, 40, 2; Thureau-Dangin, RAcc, 1921, 151-152. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P237725) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P237725..

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