K 09965

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398415

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398415.

Transliteration

_DISZ_ ina x [...]
_DISZ_ ina x [x x] KA# [...]
_DISZ_ ina [... x]-szu2 x [...]
_DISZ_ er?-szi? _gig_ x [...]
_DISZ_ ina ka-ra-asz _gesztu-min_-szu2 [...] _e3?_ [...]
_DISZ_ ina ka-ra-asz _gesztu-min_-szu2 _sig2 babbar_-tum _e3_ [...]
_DISZ_ ina _gesztu-min_-szu2 _sig2_ x x x _usz2_ [...]
_1(disz) usz 1(u) 3(disz)-am3 mu szid_ [...]
_DISZ_ pa-nu-szu2 _gid2-da-mesz_ [...]
_dub 7(disz)-kam DISZ_ alam-dim2#-[mu-u2]
_kur#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — K 09965. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398415) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398415..

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