AMT pl. 089 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398561

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398561.

Transliteration

[...] tar#-musz#
[...] _szinig_
[...] x-su-ma ina-esz
[...] x _kur-kur_
[...] _ugu# szid_-nu _lal2_-su-ma ina-esz
[...] _an-zah-babbar_
[...] _erin# hi-hi_
[...] x _tag-tag_-ma ina-esz
[...] _nig2-dara2-szu-lal2_
[... x]-ma# _tar_-szu2
[...] ina#-esz
[...] _ka#_ tam-tim
[...] _ti_
[...] x _ti_
[...] _ti#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 089 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398561) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398561..

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