LTBA 2, 9a-b? +

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P274555

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P274555.

Transliteration

hi#-[ba-ri-tu2?] = [...]
na#-[zu-zu] = [...]
s,u2-[s,u2-u2?] = [...]
e-[ma-ma] = [...]
ka-pa!-'-[u2?] = [...]
hi-is,-[ru?] = [...]
sa-ar-ku-[pu] = [...]
ka-pa-'-[u2?] = [...]
szal-la-pit-tum = [...] ri#-s,i-it-tum
zu#-[un-zu-un-na-tum?] = [sze-e]-nu
[...] = [szu-hu?-pa]-tum
[...] = [... sze-e]-ni#
[...] = [szat-tu]-u
[...] = [masz]-ku#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — LTBA 2, 9a-b? +. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P274555) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P274555..

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