CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 008

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P404878

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404878.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...-t,a]-ap#?-pa-ru szu-ru-up#-[...]
[...]-ti# iszkur mi-hi-is,-ti er3#-[ra]
[...] x u3 1(u)-5(disz) szab-ba-su#-[...]
[...]-ma# lib3-bi _dingir-mesz_ i-bar#-[...]
[...] ina _dingir-mesz_ a#-lak#-[...]
[...]-me# ba-la#-[...]
[...] i-di ga-me-lu# [...]
[...] x-ti u2-za-i-zu# [...]
[...] u2#-man-di-du [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 008. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P404878) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404878..

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