Iraq 06, 178, 80 + 81

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247843.

Transliteration

[...] = %a x [...]
[...]-x = %a da-[...]
[...] x = %a i-[...]
uz-tur = %a pa-as-[...]
uz-tur-tur = %a na-ah#-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — Iraq 06, 178, 80 + 81. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P247843) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P247843..

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