AMT pl. 047 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402013

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402013.

Transliteration

[...] _sig7#_ [...]
[...] _nam-tar nita2_ ta-sak3#? [...]
[... _a-gesztin]-na bil-la2_ tusz-te-mid# [...]
[...] _ugu#_-szu2 _gar_-an _ka_-szu2 ina sze# ku# [...]
[... _]szakira sig7_-su [...]
[...] _ugu#_-szu2 _zi3-kum_ i-ni-ib# [...]
[...] x ud _gig ka_ mu x [...]
[...] u2 sa [...]
[...] x na _utu_ ina _sig2_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 047 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402013) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402013..

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