AMT pl. 087 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425074

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425074.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
x x [x x] x erisz6-ti _a-sza3 dagal_ [...]
_DISZ na szub_-ta ina _a il2_-szi _gig_-su lu#? [...]
ip-pu-usz _im diri_ u i-ra-[aq ...]
_tal2-tal2 szeg6-ga2_ ana _ugu_ i#-[x ...]
ar2-gan-nu _lum-ha_ mal2-ma-lisz [...]
[ina] _kasz_ ina _szen-tur_ tara-bak ina _tug2_ [...]
[x] x im x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 087 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425074) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425074..

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