OT 21 K 12880

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400114

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400114.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] _sig2#_ i-ri-szu2 [...]
[...] _sig2_ i-ri-szu2 x [...]
_DISZ# sig2_ i-ri-szu2 ar-[...]
_DISZ# sig2_ i-ri-szu2 a-s,i [...]
[_DISZ] gisz3_ a-rik# [...]
[_DISZ gisz3] lugud2-da u4_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — OT 21 K 12880. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400114) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400114..

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