AMT pl. 058 08

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396089

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396089.

Transliteration

[...] _sza3 na kasz szen#-tur szeg6_-[szal] _sza3#_-szu2#? _sed#?_ [...]
[...] x _mur gaba-ri_-a-nu a-ri-hu x [...]
[...] si-si-ni _sza3_-be2 u2 [...]
[...] _hab_ tar-musz8 u2 x [...]
[...] _henbur2#? gam-me_ sah-le2-e [...]
[...] sah-la-na _sud2_ ina _gesztin#_ [...]
[... _u4]-da gig_ ana _ti_-szu2 x [...]
[...] buluh kur-ra illu_ x [...]
[...] x _kum2 gig_ x [...]
[... _u2-hi]-a szesz_ x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 058 08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396089) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396089..

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