AMT pl. 005 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394454

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394454.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
_in6#-usz2# sikil sig7_-su-nu tu#-has2#-sa3# ina x [...]
5(disz)_gin2 illu buluh 5(disz) gin2 duh-lal3_ ana _bur#-[zi_ ...]
a-szar! tar-ku-su _du8_-ar2 _ta du8_-ru ana [...]
_DISZ na i3_ la-ta-ki _szesz2_-ma _sag-du_-su gu-[rasz-ta5 ...]
_luh_ tu-bal _egir_-szu2 kul2-ba-na _had2-a gaz#_ [...]
_DISZ kimin igi_-lim _sud2_ ina [...]
_DISZ kimin lag gan2 sud2_ ina x [...]
_DISZ kimin tal2-tal2#_ [x x] x [...]
_DISZ na sag-du_-su# [...]
_ukusz2#-hab#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 005 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394454) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394454..

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