Geers Heft J p. 036 (83-1-18,465)

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237482

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Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Geers Heft J p. 036 (83-1-18,465). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237482). source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P237482..

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