OECT 11, 077

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P348951.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] _masz2-zu gar be e2?-gal? ku4_ [...]
[...] _ansze-kur-ra gar_ i-szar2-ru3# [...]
[...] _szah gar uku2#_ [...]
[... hu-um]-s,i#-ru _gar uku2#_ [...]
[...] x _sa-a gar!_ x [...]
[...] _gim# gaba#-ri#_ [...]
[...] x s,a-bit _e2_-su [...]
[... _]ag-mu-mu a lu2-bahar2#_ [...]
[...] me _mu-mesz_ ana _ki_-szu2 _gur_ la x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — OECT 11, 077. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (P348951) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P348951..

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