AMT pl. 018 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238920

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P238920.

Transliteration

[... gi]-is,#-s,a-tam _tuku_ ak-tam _naga si#_ [...]
[...] _ku6_ ina _i3-gesz u2 babbar sud2_ ina x [...]
[...] x _i3 kur-ra szesz2_-su-ma# [...]
[...] szesz li sud2_ ina [...]
[...] sza2# _u4 1(u) 4(diz)-kam la2_ [...]
[...] ma# _igi-min 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 nap-hat u _er2#_ [...]
[... isz8]-tar2# ana _ti_-szu2 si-[hu ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 018 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P238920) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P238920..

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