KAJ 010

~1300 BCE·Middle Assyrian·P282025

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282025.

Why it matters

Transliteration

isz#-tu _iti_ s,i-pi _u4 1(disz)-kam_
li-me kur-ba-ni _dumu_ ri-sze-e-[...]
_dumu_ i3-gal2-dingir
par-pa-ra-ia-u2 u3 _szesz-mesz_-szu#
_dumu-mesz_ mar-tu-pa4 _dumu_ a-szur-i#-ki#-szu#
_a-sza3_ u3 lib3-bi _iri_ zi-zu
za-ku-u2 _lu2!(ARAD)_ a-na _lu2_ la i-ra-gu-um
pa-ha-at bu-qur-ra-na-e
sza a-ha-isz la i-na-szi-u2
_e2_ iszkur-lugal!(lu2)
_ha-la_ e-rib-ta-ia-e
u3 _dumu-mesz_ kur-ba-ni
_kiszib3_ par-pa-ra-ia-e
_kiszib3_ x-[...]-ta-ia-e-u2 _dumu-mesz_ kur-ba-ni#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282025) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282025..

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