CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 006

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396913

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396913.

Transliteration

[...] i-te-ri#-[ik ...]
[... ma-ka]-le-e zi-[...]
[...] isz#-tah-hu da-mi# [...]
[...]-x-ti-_mu_ us-su-[...]
[...] nu#-up-pu-hu u2-riq#-[tum ...]
[...] _na4_ me-sze-rum mu-s,e-[e ...]
[...]-ki#-ia i-tu-ra# [...]
[...] _uzu_-ia na-da#-[a ...]
[...] x rama#-ni#-[...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396913) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396913..

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