Cuneiform prism- inscription of Esarhaddon MET ME86 11 278

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Empire, library, terror, scholarship.

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Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Assyrian; Cuneiform prism; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

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Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Cuneiform prism- inscription of Esarhaddon MET ME86 11 278.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACuneiform_prism-_inscription_of_Esarhaddon_MET_ME86_11_278.jpg. Description: Assyrian; Cuneiform prism; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.

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