AMT pl. 006 01

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399313

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399313.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[... i]-lu#-ru sa-a-mu _gaz sag-du_-[su ...]
[... e]-qi#-di sza2 la _mun gaz_ ina _ga_ x [...]
[...] x i-lu-ru sa-a-mu _sag-du_-su sze-bi-[tu2? ...]
[... tu]-kas,3#-s,a _egir_-szu2 e-qi-di-ma sza la _mun_ ana x [...]
[...] _lal2#_-id _sag-du_-su ina s,i-in-[di ...]
[...] x szu2 la ta-s,a-ba [...]
[...] _zi3_ bu-t,u-tu2 ina# _a_ tara#-bak# _sag-du_-su _lal2_ [...]
[...] _pesz10-id2 naga si u5 argab#[_ ...]
[...] _szesz# disz_-nisz ina _gissu had2-ra2 gaz sim#_ [...]
[... gu]-risz#-tu2 i-tel-li#
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 006 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399313) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399313..

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