AMT pl. 014 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398945

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398945.

Transliteration

[...] x _pa-mesz_ 7(disz) _u2#_ [...]
[...] _igi-nisz dili ka a#-[ab-ba_ ...]
[...] 7(disz) _ka-keszda kesz2_ 7(disz) lip2-pi tal2-pap# [...]
[... _gur2]-gur2 li uh2-id2 ka# [a-ab-ba_ ...]
[...] _szen-tur_ tu-ba-har _en2_ x [...]
[...] x _zalag2 ka-gi-na dab#-[ba_ ...]
[... _]zu2#? ge6 an-bar dur2-mi#-[na_ ...]
[...] _szid#_-nu _sag-ki_-szu2 _igi szu gu2_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 014 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398945) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398945..

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