AMT pl. 081 07

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452635

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452635.

Transliteration

[...] _igi_-lim _[igi-nisz_ ...]
[...] _nu_ pa-tan [...]
[...] x _na4_ ga#-[bi?-i? ...]
[...] _gesztin nu_ pa-tan [...]
[... i-ar2]-ru3 _ninda-mesz_ u _kasz-mesz_ [...]
[...] _igi_-lim _igi-nisz_ [...]
[...] ina _kasz-mesz nag-mesz_ [...]
[...] ma-gal u2-ga-asz-szi# [...]
[... _gi du10]-ga#!? ma-nu [szinig?_ ...]
[... _har]-har# sud2_ ina _kasz nag-mesz#_ [...]
[... _dab_-su]-ma# ina _du3_-ti [...]
[... il-ta-za]-az#-ma _nu du8_ [tar-musz? ...]
[... _har]-har# numun szinig#_ [...]
[...] x x x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 081 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452635) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452635..

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