AMT pl. 051 10

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P451951

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P451951.

Transliteration

1/2(disz) _sila3_ szim [...]
1/2(disz) _sila3 numun gada 4(disz) u2-[hi-a_ ...]
ina _szen-tur gin7_ rib-ki tara#-[bak ...]
_DISZ na gaba_ u _masz-sila3 gig_ [...]
_zi3# gu2-tur zi3 gig zi3 nig2-ar3#-[ra_ ...]
[szur]-szum#-me# _gesztin#?_ szur-szum-me _kasz#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 051 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P451951) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P451951..

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