AfO 10, 31, 4

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282341.

Why it matters

Transliteration

7(disz) _udu-nita2-mesz_
na-mur-tu sza 1(u)-mu-szum2
_gal na-gada-mesz_
2(disz) _udu-sila4_ a-du# um#-ma#-te#-szu-nu
na-mur-tu sza _dumu_ na-gi
su-ti-e
_pap_ 7(disz) _udu-mesz_ 2(disz) _udu-sila4_
u3 um#-ma#-te#-szu-nu
na-mu-ur-tu
sza a-na masz-tukul-asz+szur
u2-qar-ri-bu-ni
a-na mu-ta pa-aq-du
[]sza2-sa-ra-a-tu
[_u4_] 2(disz)-_kam2_ li-mu
[]3(u)-sze-ia

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — AfO 10, 31, 4. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282341) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282341..

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