AMT pl. 019 08

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402019

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402019.

Transliteration

[...] _nu#-nu#_ [...]
[...] ki-s,il-li-szu2 [...]
[...] _gig szu utu_ qi2-ba _gar#_-[an ...]
[...] _gu2-tur zi3 munu4 KU gi du10#-[ga_ ...]
[...] x _i3-gesz_ tal-tap-pat ina _tug2 sur su_-szu2# [...]
[... ana] _ti#_-szu2 _erin szur-min3 gi du10-[ga_ ...]
[...] _za3#-hi-li disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _kasz [sag_ ...]
[...] _ti_-[qi2 ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 019 08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402019) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402019..

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