K 13627

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P349840

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P349840.

Transliteration

[nig2-lal]-lum# = s,i#-[in-du ...]
[ma]-ak#-su-u2# = s,i#-in#-[du ...]
[ma]-ak#-ra-ku = s,i#-in#-[du ...]
[bi]-is,-rum = s,i#-in#-[du ...]
[zap]-pu = s,i-in#-[du ...]
[id]-e#-tum = s,i-[in-du ...]
[pi-ia]-a#-mu# = mi#-[ih-s,u ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — K 13627. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P349840) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P349840..

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