K 10930

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398977

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398977.

Transliteration

[...] ana _ki#_ [...]
[... x]-szu2 ana _ki_ [...]
[...] _min-mesz_-szu2 _sig7#_ [...]
[...] _min-mesz_-szu2 _babbar_ [...]
[...] _min#-mesz_-szu2 _sa5_ [...]
[... _x]-mesz_-szu2 _ge6_ [...]
[... _x]-mesz_-szu2 [...]
[... x]-mesz_-szu2 [...]
[... x]-mesz_-szu2 _szu_ [...]
[... _x]-mesz#_-szu2 za-x [...]
[...] ni-ih _dingir_-[ni?]
[...] le-mu-un sa-ar#
[... ha]-at,-t,i-' ina-ziq#
[...] _mah# gal-gal_
[...] _mah# tur-tur_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — K 10930. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398977) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398977..

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