AMT pl. 069 07

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397944

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397944.

Transliteration

[...] _a#_
[...] _igi_
[...] x
[...] x [x x]
[...] x [x x] x kul#? x x x [x]
[x x x x]-ma _dugud_-szu2#? _a_ me# x _ra_-szu2 x _a2 gid2-da_-szu2 ana _de3_ x
[x x x x] _li gur2-gur2_ ka-man-ta 4(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz_
_sud2#!_-ma# hi#-iq! _kasz szub_ tu-sza2-ha-an ina _nindu usz2_-er
_e11_-a _giri3-min_-szu2 tu-masz-sza2-a' _u2-hi-a szesz sud2_
ana# _i3-gesz szub_ tu-sza2-ha-an _giri3-min_-szu2 _esz-mesz_-ma _ti_
_DISZ na giri3-min_-szu2 _kum2 tuku_-a _dugud_-szu2 na-sza2-a a-tal2-lu-ka la i-le-'i
ana _ti_-szu2 _pa szu-szi _pa dih3#_ sah-le2-e
[]ka-man-ta# x x x [x x] x ta-sak3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 069 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397944) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397944..

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