AMT pl. 094 08

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397156

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Transliteration

_DISZ igi-min_ szu x [...]
_DISZ hu-up-ti _igi-min_-szu2# [...]
_DISZ mi2_ hu-up-ti _igi-min_ i-sza2-x [...]
_DISZ igi-min_-szu2 s,a-di-ra-ma ki-x [...]
_DISZ igi-min_-szu2 s,a-di-ra-ma x [...]
_DISZ igi-min_-szu2 s,a-di#-[x ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 094 08. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397156) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no English translation stored at ingestion. P-number P397156..

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