TBP 34

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452557

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452557.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x _tuku sig5_ ina _tukul# [ug7_ ...]
[...] x an _a2-tuku#?_ x [...]
[...] x ul x x [...]
[...] ina [...]
[...] _x-mesz usz2#_ [ar2]-ni _ug7_ : x [...]
[... _x]-mesz usz2_ [ar2]-ni _ug7_ : ik-x [...]
[...] _ka#?-mesz_-szu2 _lugud2-da-mesz_ ina _la#?_ [...]
[...] x _dingir_ u [...]
[...] x i-[x ...]
[...] alam-dim2-mu-u2
[...] _man kur an-szar2_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — TBP 34. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452557) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452557..

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