CDLI Literary 002701.04, ex. 002

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P286080

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P286080.

Transliteration

a#-na# s,ar#-pa#-[ni-tum at-ta-kil-ma?-gi-ma ...]
a-na _dingir-mu#_ [at-ta-kil-ma?-gi-ma ...]
a-na 1(u)-5(disz)-_mu#_ [at-ta-kil-ma?-gi-ma ...]
la pa-li-ih _dingir#_-[szu2 ...]
la pa-li-ih _[1(u)-5(disz)_-szu2 ...]
sza2 a-na e2-sag-il2# [...]
sza2 a-na! babila[ ...]
ma-ru-usz-tu2#  ep-sze-e#-[tu2 ...]
sze-ret-[...]
x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) ?) — CDLI Literary 002701.04, ex. 002. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P286080) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P286080..

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