AMT pl. 008 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P451859

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P451859.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] a-he-en-na-a _nu#-nu_
[...] ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _kesz2_-su
[... mim]-ma# lem-nu _tuku_-a _tu6 en2_
[...] sza2 _zag_
[...] ra _asz2_ ta-ma-ad-ra _asz2 tu6 en2_
[...] sza2 _gub3_
[...] _du3#-du3-bi szu-bi-gin7-nam_
[...] _gub#-ba-a gub-ba#-[a]_
[... _ad]_-szu2# i-sza2-as-[si?]
[...] ti-di [x x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 008 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P451859) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P451859..

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