AMT pl. 005 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402012

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402012.

Transliteration

[...] _dab#?_ [...]
[...] x sah-le2-e bu# [...]
[...] x tu-um-ma-am _gin7_ [...]
[...] _sud#_ ina _kusz sur_-ri ba-ah-[ra ...]
[...] bi-ni _had2-a gaz sim_ ina _kasz_ [...]
[...] u# ri-mu-te szup-szu-hi _pa_ [szu-szi ...]
[... _]szinig# numun ukusz2-hab_ [...]
[... ba]-ri#-ra-tu2 1(u) 1(disz) _u2-[hi-a_ ...]
[...] u _kasz sag#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 005 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402012) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402012..

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