AMT pl. 004 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399278

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399278.

Transliteration

_gin7 lu2#_ [...]
_gin7_ x [...]
[...] _gam-ma man-di_ ni-kip-tu2#
[...] _sag_-ka u2-kal ina _szen-tur_
[...] _la2_ ina tah-ri-isz _lu2-kurun2-na <szub>_-szu2
[...] an#-nam _du3-du3_-usz
[... _]erin# szur-min3 hab_
[... _szen#-tur_ tara-bak _zi3-kum szesz_
[... te]-t,e6#-en _zi3-sur-ra_ sza _zi3 sze-musz5_
[... ta]-ra#-ah-ha#-[su]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 004 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399278) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399278..

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