CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 023 & 002701.05, ex. 010

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P348934.

Transliteration

[...]-tu# ip-ri-is ta#-ra-nisz isz-hi#-[...]
[...]-nim#-ma i-da#-a-ti pi-rit# [...]
[... bi]-ti#-ia# ka-ma-a-ta ar#-pu#-[...]
[...]-hu#?-u2 ud#-da#-[...]
[...] a#-lak#-ti# [...]
[...] _ka2#_ hi#-li-su3 _giri3-min_ s,ar-pa-ni-tum# [...]
[...] su-pe-e u te-me-qi2 ma-har#-szu2-nu u2#-[...]
_u4 2(u) 2(disz)-kam_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 023 & 002701.05, ex. 010. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P348934) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P348934..

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