MSL 12, 092 B'

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P373784

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P373784.

Transliteration

MUNUS# ga2-ga2 = %a mu-s,ap-[...]
MUNUS sag-rig7-ga = %a szar-ra-[...]
MUNUS al-nu-nu-MIN?# = %a t,a-[...]
MUNUS uh2-zu = %a kasz#-[...]
MUNUS IGI SZID e11-e-de3 = %a mu-sze#-[...]
MUNUS szag4-zu = %a szab#?-[...]
MUNUS en-nu-un = %a [...]
x# x# [...] = %a [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — MSL 12, 092 B'. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P373784) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P373784..

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