AMT pl. 038 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399007

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399007.

Transliteration

[...] _sag-ki_-szu2 [...] + K 16764 (AMT 19, 3) 5'
[...] _diri#_-at u _mu2-mesz#_ [...] + K 16764 (AMT 19, 3) 6'
[... ina] _ugu# gesz_-sza2 zaq-[pat ...] + K 11936 (AMT 35, 5) 1'
[... _]bal#_ ana _sag-du_-szu2# [...] + K 11936 (AMT 35, 5) 2'
[...] u# _mu2-mesz_ [...] + K 11936 (AMT 35, 5) 3'
[... bah3-ru-us]-su# ana _sza3 gesztug-min_-szu2# [...] + K 11936 (AMT 35, 5) 4'

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 038 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399007) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399007..

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