AMT pl. 019 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402210

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402210.

Transliteration

[...] x x igi#? x x [...]
[...] ra tu e _szid#_ ˹x x [...]
_[DISZ] na# sag-ki 2(gesz2) 3(u)-szu2 _dab-dab#_ [...]
[... ]eli-kul-la ha-szu-ta5 sza2#! [... ]
[...] _gu2#_-szu2# _gar_-an _na4 sag-du_ ina# [...]
[...] _im diri#-_-[at ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 019 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402210) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402210..

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