AMT pl. 047 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402022

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402022.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[... _sze10] szah# me-ze2 szah_ [...]
[...] naga# si si dara3-masz_ [...]
[... _i3]-udu gu4 libir-ra hi-[hi_ ...]
[... ni]-kip#-tu2 _numun guru5#-usz#_ [...]
[... _sag]-ki#-min#_-szu2# _ki#-ta_ [...]
[...] _gig dab#-[ba_ ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 047 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402022) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402022..

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