K 15340

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P357142

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357142.

Transliteration

[uru2-mu hur-sag ki-in-gi uri an-dul2] ub#?-da#?-[ke4] = %a [... s,u]-lul# kib-ra-a-ti#
[dur-an-ki ud5-sag an-ki-a uru2 te]-me-en du3-a-bi# = %a [...] kal# da-ad2-mi
[bara2 nam-lugal-la-mu szu giri17-du3 dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 am-si-gin7] ba-nu2 = %a [... ri-i-mu] rab#-s,u
[esz3 nibru-mu ki-szu-pesz5 nam-en-lil2-la2 bad3 gal kalam-ma]-ke4# = %a [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — K 15340. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P357142) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357142..

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