AMT pl. 041 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399047

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399047.

Transliteration

[...] x _kur-kur_ u2 [...]
[...] GI# _tesz2-bi 3(disz) sze-ta-[am3_ ...]
[...] _gin2# i3-nun 2(disz) gin2 i3-gesz_ x [...]
[... ina] _mul4#_ tusz-bat ina _a2-gu2-zi#-[ga_ ...]
[...] _szu#-min_-szu2 _szub_-ma x [...]
[... _]gug# nir2_ ina _i3#?_ [...]
[...] _a-zal-la nag_-ma [...]
[...] x x [...]
[...] x u2#? [...]
[...] _i3-gesz_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 041 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399047) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399047..

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