Iraq 35, pl. 13 (no. 1)

~1300 BCE·Middle Assyrian·P430857

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Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P430857.

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Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — Iraq 35, pl. 13 (no. 1). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

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Image: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P430857) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P430857..

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