AMT pl. 092 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P451884

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P451884.

Transliteration

_[en2]_ an-ni-tam _szid_-nu [...]
_[DISZ] 3(disz)#? pa gi suhusz gi szul-hi henbur2_ [...]
_[]szinig in6-usz2_ u5-ra-nu [x ...]
_[nag] sag#-du kur-gi_ ina _i3 erin sud2_ [...]
[a]-na# szim-ma-ti _zi_-hi _henbur2#_ [...]
_henbur2# ma-nu gi pa-ur2#_ [...]
[ina] _i3#-gesz hi-hi_ ka#-[a-a-na ...]
[x x] nu ru ku x [...]
[x x x] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 092 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P451884) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P451884..

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