Position in chronology
CT 18, pl. 15, K 10089
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345999.
Transliteration
[...] = MIN<(%n s,ehru)> [...] = MIN<(%n s,ehru)> %g [x?] [...] = s,e-eh#-[he-ru-tum] [...] = MIN<(s,e-eh#-[he-ru-tum])> [...] = MIN<(s,e-eh#-[he-ru-tum])> [...]-ru# = MIN<(s,e-eh#-[he-ru-tum])> [da-qa-qi2]-tum# = MIN<(s,e-eh#-[he-ru-tum])> [du-qa-qu]-u2?# = MIN<(s,e-eh#-[he-ru-tum])> [s,e-he-ru]-tum# = MIN<(s,e-eh#-[he-ru-tum])> [...] = MIN<(s,e-eh#-[he-ru-tum])> [...] = s,e#-he-er#-[tum]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — CT 18, pl. 15, K 10089. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P345999) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P345999..
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