AMT pl. 065 01

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400996

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400996.

Transliteration

[...] ina# _kasz# i3#-nun#-na#_ [...]
[...] _gin7#_ rib-ki tara-bak bah-ru x
[...] ina#? _nindu#? gaz sim_
[...] x ina _giri3-min_-szu2 _keszda_-ma ina-esz
[... i]-ta-ra-as, bi-nu _in6-usz2_
[...] _gig pa ma-nu pa pesz3 pa szennur_ [...]
[... _]ildag2# pa# gi#.zu2#-lum#-ma# pa_ x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 065 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400996) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400996..

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