AMT pl. 048 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425356

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425356.

Transliteration

3(disz)# _sila3#_ usz sze? x 3(disz)# [...]
[3(disz)] _sila3# numun_ qut-ri 3(disz)# [...]
[a-hi]-nu-u2 _gaz sim_ [...]
_[DISZ] kimin_ si-hu ar-[ga-nu? ...]
[7(disz) _u2]-hi-a szesz_ ana _a-mesz szub_ [...]
[ina _sza3] ra_-su _i3#-[gesz_ ...]
_[lal2]-mesz_ an-na-tu sza# [...]
_[DISZ] na gaba_-su u _masz#-[sila3-mesz_-szu2 ...]
[x] u2-ga-hab [...]
[ana] _ti#_-szu2 _lal3 i3_ [...]
[x x x x] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 048 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425356) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425356..

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