AMT pl. 086 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398288

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398288.

Transliteration

[x] _ma#-na#_ x [...]
1/3(disz) _ma-na_ x [...]
1/2(disz) _sila3 kur-kur 1/2(disz)# sila3#_ [...]
_ki i3-udu duh-lal3_ u qi2-[lip2? ...]
1/3(disz) ma-na#-ta-am3 la2_-su#? [...]
1(u) 5(disz) _u4-me igi_ x _la2_-su# [...]
_i3 gi du10-ga esz#-mesz_-su# [...]
i-lab-bi-ku _en_ x [...]
szum4-ma _du10 nu# igi#-[du8_ ...]
3(disz) _ma-na#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 086 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398288) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398288..

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