AMT pl. 055 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397860

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397860.

Transliteration

[...] u2# ku# x x _sud2#_ ina# x [x x] x _pa [x_ ...]
_DISZ# kimin numun gada_ ina _kasz-sag_ tara-muk ina _tug2-hi-a sur_ [...]
_bar-bar sud2_ ina _kasz-sag nu_ pa-tan _nag-mesz#_ [...]
[...] _mur#-mesz_-szu2 _kum2-mesz_-szu2 la-a'-ba _diri_ u _uh2#_ [...]
[...] _mur#-mesz gig usz11 dab_-usz ana _ti_-szu2 tar-musz [...]
[...] _har-har nu-luh-ha kur-kur_ [...]
[... ]szib-bur-ra-tu2 _u2# babbar#? x [x x] x u2#? [...]
[...] s,a-s,u-un-tu2 [...]
[...] u2# s,a [x] u2# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 055 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397860) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397860..

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