AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 09458

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398127

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398127.

Transliteration

[...] x-an _egir#_ [...]
[...] _gal-gal egir_ [...]
[...] _tur-tur egir_-szu2 [...]
[...] sal-ha _dingir munus_ [...]
[...] x sza-ah-tu _dingir munus_ [...]
[...] x _zag_-szu2 _gal szesz-mesz#_ [...]
[...] x _gub3_-szu2 _gal_ hi la me [...]
[...] _zag#_ u _gub3_-szu2 _gal-mesz szesz-mesz#_ [...]
[...] _gub3_-szu2 _tur-mesz_ ta?-[x ...]
[...] x x-in ta?-[x ...]
[...] x [...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AfO Beih 27, pl. 05 K 09458. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398127) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398127..

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