AMT pl. 048 07

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397826

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397826.

Transliteration

[... tur]-ar2 [x]
[...] nu _disz_-nisz _sud2_
[... _szesz2]-mesz_-su-ma _ti_-ut,
[...] _gaba#_-szu2 la i-le-'-u
[...] _nam#-lu2-u18-lu_
[...] x ina _i3 szesz2_-su
[...] an-ki-nu-ti
[...] _sud2_ ina _i3_
[...] _gidim_ u _sag-hul-ha-za#_
[...] kut-pa-a _an-[zah]_
[...] x ba _pesz10-[id2]_
[... _uh2]-id2_ x [x x x]
[...] u2 x [...]
[... ]eme ur-gi7#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 048 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397826) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397826..

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