Rm 0953

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424891

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424891.

Transliteration

nin# x [...] = %a ru-ba-a-tu4# [...]
in-nin x [...] = %a _min_ be-let AN [...]
nin-mah e-ne-eg3-ga2 [...] = %a ru-ba-a-tam s,ir-tam sza2 a-mat-sa x [...]
dumu# suen-na e-ne-eg3-ga2 x [...] = %a ma-rat sin sza2 a-mat#-sa# x [...]
in#-nin x x [...] = %a _min#_ x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Rm 0953. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424891) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424891..

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