KAR 121

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P369101

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369101.

Transliteration

[...] _du3#_-usz# [...]
[...] e# tu-lap-pat# [...]
[...] x it-te-nen-bi [...]
[...] x ti _na2-na2_-al# [...]
[...] _gir2-tab ur4-ur4_ x [...]
[...] x szub da kar-szu2 _har#_ [...]
[...] _szub#-szub si dara3-masz_ x [...]
[... x]-tim ana _igi gir2-tab_ [...]
[...] _eme#-sal-la ka-diri_ ina ra# [...]
[...] _eren-na_ u3 _szur-min3_ ina _i3-gisz#_ [...]
[...] lam-su zi-qut x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — KAR 121. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P369101) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P369101..

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