AuOr 37, 043-044 01

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248529.

Why it matters

Transliteration

2(u) 7(disz) () pu-ha-lu
_2(disz) me 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) () u8-u3-tu-me_
1(gesz2)-szu _bar-sal-me_
_4(u) () bar-gal-me_
_1(disz) () ud5-me_
_1(disz) () masz2-gal-me_
_() asz2-gar3-me_
_() masz2-tur-me_
_pap 4(disz) me 1(u) 5(disz)! u8-udu-hi-a_
ina _igi_ na3-mu _a_ na3-u2-sze-pi2
kin _2(disz)-kam2 u4 1(u)-kam2_
_mu 1(u) 9(disz)-kam2_ kan-da-la-nu _lugal_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — AuOr 37, 043-044 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P248529) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248529..

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