AMT pl. 003 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398749

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398749.

Transliteration

[... _esz]_-asz
[...] _buru5# ge6 nita2_
[...] x-mesz
[... _hi]-hi_
_haszhur#?_ [...]
_ma-nu_ [...]
ina _i3-gesz szur-min3_ [...]
ana _sig2 sag-du babbar ge6#_ [...]
ina _de3_ te-te-mir# [...]
a-na _sza3 i3 szub en2_ 3(disz)-szu2 ana _ugu#_ [...]
ana szib-tum _nu gal2 sag-du_ hu-ru-gi#[ ...]
_gu2-tur kur-ra naga si_ [...]
[x] x _gar_-ma ru#? x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 003 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398749) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398749..

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