AMT pl. 009 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398736

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398736.

Transliteration

[...] SU NA E3 x [...]
[...] x szu _gu7_-szu2 x [...]
[...] x ti an a ru x [...]
[...] x sa _na4 ge6_ x [...]
[... ia?]-ar2#-tum sza2 7(disz) _gun3#-[mesz_-sza2 ...]
[...] sag#? a na [...]
[...] x ki e [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 009 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398736) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398736..

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