AMT pl. 006 07

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400280

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400280.

Transliteration

[...] u2# mi# [...]
[...] u2 mi giez# [...]
[...] dug ma _utu_ x [...]
_[ka inim]-ma#_ di-kisz [...]
_[du3-du3]-bi pesz3? ina? _mud2? sud2_ lu ina _kasz sag_ lu# [...]
[...] x _zabar_ sza2 7(disz) ka x [...]
[... ina] _ugu bur gub_-ma x [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 006 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400280) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400280..

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