RES 3934

Siglum: RES 3934
Alternative Sigla: Burrows 1927: 795-799; Albright 1952: 39-41; Garbini 1976: 172-174; Sass 1991: 40, fig. 12–13
Transliteration: dnlyzb{g}k drlśn

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus: TEXT Line 1. Burrows: dngyzblk for dnlyzb{g}k; RES: dngʾzblk for dnlyzb{g}k; Albright: dnl yzbl k for dnlyzb{g}k; Garbini: dnlyzbḥk rather than dnlyzb{g}k. Line 2. Burrows: drgsn for drlśn; Albright: dr ls²n rather than drlśn. DISCUSSION Roux 1960: 28 and note 45. Woolley 1962: 31, 114, 133. Biggs 1965: 36-37, note 2.
Commentary: Brick fragment, 9 x 8 x ? cm, with incised inscriptions (Sass 1991: 40).

Provenance: Found in Woolleys's excavations in the 1920s in Room 7 of the E-nun-makh temple below a floor dating from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, field no. U.7815 (Sass 1991: 40).
Original Reading Credit: Sass 1991: 40

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