AMT pl. 078 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P426461

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426461.

Transliteration

[... _man]-du sud2_ [x x x]
[...] _u2 kamad-me_ ina _i3-gesz_
[...] ni-kip-tu2 _li_
[...] _sud2#?_ ina _i3-gesz szesz2_-su
[...] _i3#-gesz szesz2_-su-ma ina-esz
[...] _giri3 uga!_ sza2 7(disz) _sag-du-mesz_-szu2 ina _aka3_
[...] pu hi ina _i3-gesz_ ina _aka3_
[...] _szakira numun eme ur-gi7_ ina _i3-gesz_
[...] _li# gur2-gur2_ ina _i3-gesz_
[...] ina# _i3#-gesz#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 078 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P426461) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426461..

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