AMT pl. 014 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396018

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396018.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] _kal-gug_ ni-kip-tu2# x x [...]
[...] _li gur2-gur2 ka a-ab-ba dili sud2_ ina _szen#-[tur_ ...]
[...] _har-har igi_-lim _igi-nisz_ tar-musz8 ina _gu2_-szu2 [x x x x x]
[...] _zalag2 sud2_ ina _sza3 i3-gesz szub_-di _sza3 igi-min_-szu2 _szesz2_ [x x x]
[...] _sud2 a szinig u4 2(u)-kam igi-min_-szu2 _luh_-ma _a szinig_ 3(disz)-szu2 _tu5_-ma _ti#_-[ut,?]
[...] _sig7_-su _sud2 a-mesz_-szu2 _szur_-at ina _mul4_ tusz-bat _kimin_
[...] x ti mu-s,i _a-mesz szinig_ sza2 ina _izi gar_-nu-ma [x x x]
[...] _sza3_-bi _e3_-ni _i3-udu giri3-pad-ra2 masz-da3 disz_-nisz _sud2 mar_ [x x x]
[... _]szurim gu4 har-har kur-kur_ ina _aka3 nigin_ ina _gu2_-szu2 _gar_-an#
[...] lu#-u2 _sag-hul-ha-za_ lu-[u2 x x x x]
[...] _hul dab_-su-ma ana _ti#_-[szu2]
[...] _ti_-qi2 ina _dur sig2 babbar e3_-ak _suhusz ma-[nu]_
[...] bad _bar sum dili pesz10-id2 naga si 7(disz) u2-hi-a szesz#_
[...] _aka3_ ta-la-pap e-ma lip2-[pi]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 014 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396018) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396018..

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