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The Nimrud Tablets, 1949

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Where possible, each item in the catalogue is arranged as follows: (i) Excavation number of tablet, (ii) Size in cm. (iii) Condition of tablet, (iv) Number of lines, (v) Locus. Usually the Room number is given in brackets, (vi) Description: type of tablet, outline of contents, date.

ND 201. 9·2 × 8·4 × 4·3 (thick) cm. Fragment from the centre left edge of a large, slightly plano-convex, limestone tablet. Parts of 4 + 5 ll. Found in ash rubbish outside S. external wall of bathroom and c. 2 m. above floor level.

Fragment from a Standard Nimrud Wall Inscription of Assur-naṣir-pal II. Duplicate of B.M. 90868, obv. ll. 31–35, rev. ll. 14–18 (published by L. W. King A.K.A., pp. 177–188).

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Research Article
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IRAQ , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , Autumn 1950 , pp. 187 - 200
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Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 1950

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page 187 note 1 Pinches in P.S.B.A. (1894) 309, 4 quotes GI.ZÚ. LUM.MA = Ku-û-ri, ‘nettle’ Thompson, R. C., Dictionary of Assyrian Botany (1949), pp. 209 f.Google Scholar), but would this be a punishment?

page 193 note 1 Cf. Boyer, , Symbolæ … Koschaker dedicatæ, p. 212fGoogle Scholar.

page 195 note 1 It is tempting to read (al) Ú-ga-rit since 3 vertical wedges can just be seen. This is, however, unlikely in view of the date.

page 197 note 1 TM and K.A.R. omit.

page 197 note 2 TM Aa-an-dúr.

page 197 note 3 TM has a blank, others (Rec. d. Trav. XX, 201, Iraq VII, 110, n.12) a name, (m) kur-ṣab. The above — “anyone” with KAR, indicates that this form of incantation must have been in common use.

page 197 note 4 TM iteḫḫi and adds la isanniqa.

page 197 note 5 TM KAR, add (E)NE.

page 197 note 6 Similar to B.M.90224 illustrated in B.M. Guide to Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, 1922, Plate XXVII. Nos. 282–3 have the same inscription, the first 3 lines being written on the edge.