AMT pl. 052 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398844

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398844.

Transliteration

[...] ma? [...]
_[DISZ na] sza3#-mesz_-szu2# _mu2-mesz_-szu2# ir#-[ru]-szu2# _gin7_ sza2 _mar-gal# [gu2-gu2]_
_[na] bi#_ ni-kim-ti _tumu_ u _u4-da gig kin#_-[szu2 _sumun_-ma]
_[szu]-gidim#-ma igi_-lim a-zal-la u2# [babbar]_
[al-la-an]-na ak-tam _an-ki-nu-te [numun gada]_
_[ka] a#-ab-ba szesz duh-lal3 ap2#-[ru-sza]
_[i3-gesz du10]-ga# tesz2-bi hi-hi_ ina _i3-gesz szesz2-mesz#_-[su]
_[DISZ kimin ]igi_-lim _igi#-nisz_ ha-sza2-na _[kur-kur in-nu-usz]_
_[en numun_-szu2] _numun# szinig numun# [ma-nu]_
_[zalag2 dili ka a]-ab#-ba# [pesz10-id2 nig2-dara2-szu-lal2]_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 052 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398844) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398844..

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