AMT pl. 030 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402016

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402016.

Transliteration

[...] _sed# 1(disz) sila3 lal3 kur#_-[i]
[... ana] _dug#_ te-sip 3(disz) _u4_-me _gar_-an
[...] x _nu_ pa-tan _nag-mesz_
[...] x _ti_
[...]
[...] _na4_
[...] _bal!_
[...] x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 030 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402016) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402016..

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