K 12087

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399616

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399616.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] x x x [...]
_[be_ ina] _gen_-szu2 x la ma# [...]
_be_ ina _gen_-szu2 u2-ha-[x ...]
_be_ ina _gen_-szu2 ni-ih-[x ...]
_be_ ina _gen_-szu2 ha-x [...]
_be_ ina _gen_-szu2 it-ta-[x ...]
_ninda_ ma-'-[da ...]
_be# gen dingir gen_ [...]
4(u) ()
[... x]-an _gar_ rit-ti x x [...]
[...] u2-szum-mi _gar_ [...]
[...] lu [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — K 12087. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399616) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399616..

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