CTN 4, 218

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P274560

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P274560.

Transliteration

[a-pu]-tu2# = [...]
[a]-pu#-tu2 = la te-[gi]
[a]-nu-um-ma = MIN<(la te-[gi])>
[hu-ut]-te#-en-te-zu-u = szi-ta-pu-[s,u]
[hu-ut]-te#-en-te-zu-u = ha-la-qu#
nar3#-qu-u = MIN<(ha-la-qu#)>
uk#-kusz = dub-pir
[qu]-um#-mu-u = ana za-qi2-qi2 tur-ru
[uk]-ku#-du = szum-su-ku
[uk-ku]-du = t,u2-up-pu-lu#
[...] = mu-ur-ri-hu#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — CTN 4, 218. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P274560) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P274560..

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