AMT pl. 006 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397434

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397434.

Transliteration

[...] _masz2#_ sza2 ina _sag gig keszda_-su
[... _en2]_ tum3#-mu _e2 egir_-szu2 _szid_-nu
[... _ba-ab]-du8#_ : sza2 pi-it pi-i-szu2 ana dum-qi2 _gar_-nu
[... _ba-an]-gar#_ : ina bi-ti sza2 szip-tu in-na-du-u2
[... _ba-an]-ak_ : ina _min_ sza2 szip-ti usz-szi-pu#
[...] _bi-e#-ne_ : be-lum mesz-re-ti-szu2 ana dum#-mu#-[qi2]
[...] _lu2# tu-ra-sze3_ : be-lum ana la-mad [...]
[...] _da#-a-ni masz2 sag lu2 tu-ra_ [...]
[...] er#-szi-szu2 u2-ri-s,u2 ina re-esz mar#-[s,i ...]
[...] _na#-sze3 mu-un-da-gub-gub-bu-u2#_ [...]
[...] _szilam-ma szu u-me-ti_ : sza2-[man ...]
[...] dara3# musz2 igi# [...]
[... im]-mer# ad-re#-[e ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 006 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397434) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397434..

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