TBP 19

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394084

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394084.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_DISZ gir3_-szu2 [...]
sza2 ana _ka2_-a-ni _zukum#_ [...]
_DISZ gir3 bal-gi gar_ [...]
_gir3_-szu2 ana _ka2_-a-ni _gar_ x [...]
: _szu-si-mesz gir3-min_-szu2 na-[par-qu-da ...]
_DISZ gir3-min_-szu2 kup-pu-pa lu-[x ...]
_DISZ_ pa-sza-ra-an dul-x [...]
_DISZ gir3 ur-gi7 gar_ s,a-a-a-ad _uku2_-in# [...]
nak-kap _gir3-min_-szu2 _gal_-ma _szu-si-mesz gir3#_ [...]
_DISZ gir3 ur-gi7 gar_ ina _ur2-mesz_-szu2 ban#-[dil-la-an ...]
_kimin gen-mesz nu_ x x [...]
_[nig2-pa3-da?] alam#-dim2-me-e
[...] _kur_ asz-szur

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — TBP 19. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394084) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394084..

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