AMT pl. 004 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394544

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394544.

Transliteration

[...] x 1(disz) _szu#_ x x [...]
[...] x 1(disz) _szu nir2 1(disz) _szu na4_ [...]
[... _]tu9-nim 1(disz) szu_ a-s,u-s,i#-[tu? ...]
[...] 1(disz) _szu gur2-gur2_ szib-bur-ra-tu#? [...]
[...] _ukusz2#-ti-gi-il#!_ ina _igi#_ tam#?-ti x x [...]
[...] lu ina _gesztin nu_ pa-tan _nag_-ma [...]
[...] _an-zah 1(disz) szu_ ia2#-ar2-tu2# 1(disz) _szu sal-la_
[...] _szu# lu2_-a-nu 1(disz) _szu na4_ za#? [x x x] _szuba#? a2#?-zi-da_
[...] bu#? 1(disz) _szu_ mu-s,a x [...] x
[...] 1(disz) _szu gesz-nu11-gal_ x [...]
[...] x [...]
[...] s,i-bu#-[ru ...]
[...] lag a-sza3#_ x [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 004 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394544) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394544..

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