AMT pl. 063 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452888

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452888.

Transliteration

[...] ina _u4 szu2_-ma [...]
[...] x sza2 _sza3_-szu2 u2 hu#? [...]
[...] ana 3(disz) _u4_-me GIG ˹x˺ [...]
[... u2?]-nak-kar-szi-ma [...]
[...] me hu-lu-uq-qu-u [...]
[...] x ra-ma-ni [...]
[...] _nu# te_-e ina _a_ u _kasz_ tu# [...]
[...] x du _ta sza3 gu-du#_ [...]
[...] szum4#-ma _usz bad-bad_ x [...]
[...] x sza _szesz2_ [...]
[...] x _tuku_-szi# [...]
[...] x _e3_ [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 063 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452888) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452888..

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