AMT pl. 014 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399417

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399417.

Transliteration

[... x]-na#-an#-de2#-[x x]
[...] nu-un-bar#-[x x]
[...] nu-tar-re _tu6# [en2]_
[...] _sag-hul-ha-za_ [x x]
[...] ina _dur sig2 sa5 e3_-ak u2 x [x]
[...] x _sikil gan-u5 numun szinig#_
[...] x ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _kesz2_ li# [x x x]
[...] x x x [x x x x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 014 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399417) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399417..

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