CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P404881

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404881.

Transliteration

szat-tam-ma a-na ba#-[lat, ...]
a-sah-hur-ma [...]
za-pur-tum u2-ta#-[s,a-pa ...]
_dingir_ al-si-ma [...]
u2-sal-li isz-ta#-[ri ...]
_hal_ ina bi-ri [...]
ina ma-asz2-szak-ka ensi# [...]
za-qi2-qu a-bal-ma [...]
_masz-masz_ ina ki-kit,-t,e-e [...]
a-a-it [...]
a-mur#-[ma ...]
x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P404881) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P404881..

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