AMT pl. 044 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398547

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398547.

Transliteration

[...] x-szu2 _gir2-gir2_-su x [...]
[...] _tuku#-tuku_-szi _ka_-szu2 [...]
[...] x up szur ku ri x [...]
[...] _gig na bi! sa_ mah# [...]
[... _uh2?]-id2# sud2_ [...]
[...] x _szesz2-szesz2#_ [...]
[...] sal sza2 ana la x [...]
[...] x ina _a szeg6_-[szal? ...]
[...] _gaz_ x [...]
[...] sza2# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 044 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398547) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398547..

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