KAJ 074

~1300 BCE·Middle Assyrian·P282088

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282088.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_1(disz) ansze sze_
i-na _ban_ sza ki-zi-ti
sza esz18-dar-pa4
i-na _szu_
utu-dingir-sag _dub-sar_-ri
_sag_-du _sze_
i-na ad-ra-ti
u2-ta-ar
u3 t,up-pu-szu
i-ha-pi2
_iti_ al#-la#-na-tum#
_u4 3(u)-kam_
li-mu kam-ku-bi

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 074. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282088) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282088..

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