Geers Heft G p. 011

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P239087

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Transliteration

[_disz na sza3-mesz_]-szu2 _sar-sar_-hu ir-ru-szu2
[...] _igi-mesz_-szu2 _nigin-mesz_-du
[...]-x-szi#?
[...]  x
[...]
[...] x x
[...] x _szim mug_
[... ina] _kasz3 sze6_-szal
[... _en_ a]-na# _1(disz) sila3 gur_-ru
[... ana _dur2_-szu2] _dub_-ma _tin_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Geers Heft G p. 011. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P239087) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P239087..

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