Official or display prism excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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object prism
surface a
column 1
beginning broken
1'. ti#-[...]
2'. {iri}ni#-[...]
3'. ina tukul-te an#-[...]
4'. {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza [...]
5'. {iri}ni-i'# {iri}{d#}[...]
6'. _ku3#-babbar# ku3#-sig17_ ni-siq#-[...]
7'. _nig2#-szu# nig2-gur11 iri_ szu2-a-tu# [...]
8'. lu#-bul-tu bir-me _gada-mesz ansze-[...]_
9'. _ug3-mesz_ zik-ru u [x x]
10'. 2(disz) {gesz}tim-me _mah-mesz_ pi-tiq za-ha#-[...]
11'. sza 2(disz) _lim_ 5(disz) _me gun ki-la2#_-[x x]
12'. man#-za-az _ka2_ e2-kur ul-tu man-zal#-[...]
13'. as#-suh al-qa-a a-na _kur_ an#-[x x]
14'. [x]-na# 2(disz)-e ger-ri-ia _ugu_ {disz}ba#-[x x]
15'. _lugal#_ {kur}s,ur-ri a-szib _muru2_ tam-tim al#-[x]
16'. sza# a-mat _lugal_-ti#-ia la is,-s,u#-[x]
n columns broken
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. [...]-ne2#?-[...]
2'. [...]-na#-nu u li-i-tu2
3'. [...]-ia
4'. [...] ib#-ba-tu2
5'. [...] i#-szak-ka-nu
6'. [...] u _ki_-tim
7'. [...]-ru-usz
8'. [...]-ki-pu
9'. [...]-hal#-li-qu
single ruling
10'. [...]_-szesz#-mesz#_-szu2
11'. [...]-i#-na#