LKU 012

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414154.

Transliteration

[a-a] dim3#-me-er-e#-[ne-ke4 ...]
[en]-e# mas-su3 szu [...]
[ki]-sikil# inanna hi-li-bi# [...]
[na]-nam# gi-na-zu an-gin7# [...]
in#-nin dim3-me-er#? hi#?-[li-bi ...]
ki#-szar2 gidlam# e#-[da-sa2 ...]
[ug3]-ga2# u3-bi2-tab a2-[ag2 ...]
[esz2]-giri17# an-ki-a asza-ne [...]
[an]-na#-ra inim-bal bar# [...]
[ku3 ]inanna#-ke4# sza3 sig6-[ga-na ...]
[a2-ag2]-ga2# nam-an-na#-[mu ...]
[bulug ki-us2-sa]-mu# bar#-[be2 ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) ?) — LKU 012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P414154) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P414154..

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