Covenant tablets

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: Wikimedia Commons file: File:Covenant tablets.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACovenant_tablets.jpg. Description: cuneiform inscriptions. these are the initial words of the ten commandments. every word is compiled by the appropriate cuneiform syllables. the first word in the right column is hi-nu-a, it is the hebrew "anohi". the second word in the righ

Scholarly note

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: cuneiform inscriptions. these are the initial words of the ten commandments. every word is compiled by the appropriate cuneiform syllables. the first word in the right column is hi-nu-a, it is the heb

Attribution

Image: ShlomoKatzav — Wikimedia Commons. source
Translation excerpted from Wikimedia Commons file: File:Covenant tablets.jpg. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACovenant_tablets.jpg. Description: cuneiform inscriptions. these are the initial words of the ten commandments. every word is compiled by the appropriate cuneiform syllables. the first word in the right column is hi-nu-a, it is the hebrew "anohi". the second word in the righ.

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