AMT pl. 078 09

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399493

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399493.

Transliteration

[...] x x 3(disz)#? _sila3_ x [...]
[...] x sah-le2-e qa-lu-te# [...]
[...] _du10 1(u) u2-hi-a_ an-nu-ti [...]
[...] _szen-tur_ tara-bak ina _kusz-edin sur min_ [...]
[...] _ukusz2#? sze-nu2-a ku6 gazi_ [...]
[...] _nindu#?_ te-se-ker _e11_-a [...]
[...] x _ti_-ut, [...]
[...] x zu ma x [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 078 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399493) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399493..

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