CT 18, pl. 24, 1879-07-08, 038 +

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P274559

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P274559.

Transliteration

i7#-hal#-[hal-la] = [...]
ga#-at-tum# = [...]
u2#-ru-ut-tum = [...]
[szi]-ir-ha-nu = a#-[gu-u2]
gi#-ip-szu = a-[gu-u2]
la#-i-ra-nu = A-MESZ pa#-[szi-ru-tu2?]
[an]-za#-nu-zu-u2 = A-MESZ szap#-[lu-tu2?]
[a]-sur#-rak-ku = A-MESZ szap#-[lu-tu2?]
[a]-ru#-ru = A-MESZ szap#-[lu-tu2?]
[a]-ru#-ru = mu-s,e-e# [...]
[ma-a]-mu = mu-[u2?]
[e-du]-u2# = A-MESZ na#-[szu-u2?]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — CT 18, pl. 24, 1879-07-08, 038 +. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P274559) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P274559..

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