AMT pl. 094 01

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452541

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452541.

Transliteration

_DISZ na szu-gidim-ma szu nam-[erim2-ma dab_-su]
_du3-du3-bi nu_ pu-hi _lu2 gig#_ [...]
_ib2-la2 u4 1(disz)-kam tah_-s,ib-szu2# [...]
_kasz-sag gesztin bal_-qi2#? [...]
3(disz)-szu2 ki-a-[am ...]
_enuru_ [x ...]
musz-te-szer [...]
_[an]_-e# _ki_-tim# [...]
[ana] _na#? nu#? te#?-[e? ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 094 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452541) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452541..

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