Position in chronology
OT 17 K 11039
Not yet translated
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From the same catalogue range (near P399057)
Transliteration
[...] x-szu2 _gub3 gar_ [...] [...] suq#-ti-szu2 _zag gar_ [...] [...] suq-ti-szu2 _gub3 gar_ [...] [...] suq-ti-szu2 _bar_-ma _gar_ [...] [...] suq-ti-szu2 _zag_ u _gub3 gar_ [...] [...] _gu2_-szu2 _zag gar_ [...] [...] _gu2#_-szu2 _gub3 gar dam_-su# [...] [...] u _gub3 gar_ [...] [...] _gar_ [...] [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — OT 17 K 11039. 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 (P399057) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P399057..
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