AMT pl. 051 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396748

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396748.

Transliteration

_DISZ na gaba#_ u# _masz#-sila3#-[mesz_-szu2 ...]
3(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz disz_-nisz _gaz_ [...]
sza2 _en-te-na_ sza2 di-hu [...]
_DISZ na gaba_ u _masz-sila3 gig zi3_ [...]
ina _a gazi sila11_-asz ina _kusz-[edin_ ...]
5(disz) _u4_-me _lal2_-su-ma _gur_ [...]
ina _kusz-edin sur_-ri# [...]
_[DISZ] na# gaba_-su [...]
[x x x] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 051 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396748) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396748..

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