K 08637

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238749

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Transliteration

[...] x-[...]
[...] x-x-[...]
[...] x x [x x] x x [...]
[...] _nig2 ha-lam-ma_ [...]
[ana _esz-bar an-ge6_ ka-la-ma _an-ta kan4 ki-ta_ iz-ku _mul-mesz] en-nun-ga2?-mesz an-ge6_ sin# [_igi_-ka]
[_1(disz) ud-da_ sin ana sza gi-ne-e ud-du-mat _iti-bi an-ge6_ u2-kal _1(disz) ud-da utu3_ ana sza gi-ne-e] ud#-du-mat _iti-bi an-ge6#_ [u2-kal]
[...] an-ni-a-am mu-du-u2 x [...]
[...]-lil# la mu-du-u2 a#-[a i-...]
[ta-mi-a-tum an-ni-a-tum e-nu-ma sin mit-lu-uk-ta-szu isz]-ku-nu _dingir-mesz_ sza _an_-e [u _ki_-tim]
[ep-szet a-me-lu-ti tu-bu-ul-szu2-nu i-szi-im-ma] _an#-ge6_ ri-ih-s,u mu-tum _gal5-la2#-[mesz gal-mesz]_
[_imin-bi_ ma-har sin] ip-ta-nar-ri-[ku]
[ki-i pi-i _le-u5-um_ sza _mu n-kam_ ...] _lugal_ babila sza ag-i-x-[x _in-sar_]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — K 08637. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P238749) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P238749..

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