ArOr 37, 473-521

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P357130

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357130.

Transliteration

[...] = %a [...] x x [...]
[...] HAR-KU he2#-en#-gub#-[gub-bu] = %a [...] lil-la-bi-ib [a-bu-bu]
[...] ulu3# ha-ra-x-du7#-[du7-de3] = %a [... me]-hu-u2 li-su#-[ru-ki]
[... lu2-gi16]-gi16# gir2-gir2-ra he2#-[en-ak] = %a [... qar]-da-me li-szab#-[ri-iq]
[...]-zu lu2-na-me nu-mu-un#-[da-ab-gi4-gi4] = %a [... pe-te]-e# i-di-ki ma-am#-[ma-an ...]
[... ki]-sze3# la2 [...] = %a [... szu-usz]-pu#-lu# sza3#-[da-da ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — ArOr 37, 473-521. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P357130) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P357130..

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