AMT pl. 069 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397802

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397802.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
_DISZ na giri3-min_-szu2 _gig_-ma te-ba-a u#? u2#?-zu#?-zu la# [x x x x]
u3 _szu-min_-szu2 _giri3-min_-szu2 i-ra-'-ub _na bi ki-gub maszkim_ x [x x x x]
ana# _giri3-min_-szu2 bul-lu-t,i _a-gub2-ba_ ta-hab-bu ina _mul4#_ [x x]
ana _sza3_ bi-ni _in6-usz2 geszimmar-tur gi szul-hi i3-gesz erin i3 du10-ga_ [x]
_i3-nun-na szub_-di-ma _zi3-sur-ra_-a te-s,ir ina sze-rim _igi utu giri3-min_-szu2 tu-masz-sza2-'#-[ma _ti]_
_DISZ min szu-sza ildag2 ha-lu-ub2 sze-na2-a ge6-par3 ma2-ri2-isz-ma2#-[ra]_
_eme ur-gi7_ u2-ra-an-na _numun u2 nunuz har-har gesztin ka5-a_ ak#-[tam]
[x x el]-kul#-la# _had2-a gaz sim_ ina _a id2_ ina _nindu usz2_-er gi-na-a _ra-ra_-ma _[ti]_
[x x x x] x _bal gi du10 gur2-gur2 numun_ su-un-gi#-[ir-ti]
[x x x x x] _man-du disz_-nisz _gaz sim_ ina _ga ku7-ku7_ [x x x]
[...] ba#-ah-ru-us#-[su x x x]
[... sza2-pu]-la#-szu2 _bal-bal#_-[szu2 ...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 069 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397802) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397802..

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