AMT pl. 001 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402024

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402024.

Transliteration

[...] x x x _sza3_ x [...]
[...] _sig7_-su tu-ha-sa _a-mesz_-szu2# [...]
[...] x tara-bak _i3_ hal-s,a ana _sza3 dub#_ [...]
[... bah]-ra# _gu7_ bah-ra _[nag_ ...]
[...] x _zi3-kum hi-hi_ x [...]
[... _zi3] nig2-še-sa#-[a_ ...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 001 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402024) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402024..

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