KAJ 073

~1300 BCE·Middle Assyrian·P282087

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282087.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_kiszib_ 3(asz)-di-ku5#
2(u) _ansze sze_ i-na# _[ban2]_
sza me-li-[u2]
_dumu_ a-szur-szesz#-[szum2-na]
_dumu_ iszkur-lugal-dingir-mesz-ni
i-na _ugu_ 4(asz)-di-ku5
_dumu_ su-ia
_dumu_ ki-ni-x-e
i-dan u3 t,up-pu-szu
i-hap-pi
_igi_ lugal-um-ma-da _dumu_ pu-ha-di _dumu_ sza-kin-szum3-mesz
_igi_ a-szur-nig2-ba _dumu_ ki-bi-utu _dumu_ iszkur-mu-szab#-szi
_igi_ gab-be-ia _dub-sar# dumu_ szu-nu-qar-du
_iti#_ mu-hur-dingir-mesz _u4 2(u) 8(disz)-kam2_
li#-mu 1(disz) dingir-ur-sag#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — KAJ 073. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P282087) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P282087..

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