AMT pl. 005 08

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402208

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402208.

Transliteration

[...] _gur# ki# nenni# a# nenni#_ [...]
[... at]-ta# <taq>-bu-u _a_ sza2 _si gu4_ sza2 ina _szu#_-szu2# _il2#_ [...]
[...] _gi#-izi-la2 a_ u _i3-gesz ta u4_-me an-ni-i ana _ki_ [...]
[...] _tar#_-si _a nig2-ar3-ra a# id2#_ [...]
[...] _diri# zi3 sze-musz5_ di#-[iq-me-na ...]
[...] u2#?-kal#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 005 08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402208) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402208..

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