RMA 277z

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237668

Translation — curated editorial

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Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P237668.

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RMA 277z. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P237668) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P237668..

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