AMT pl. 015 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399500

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399500.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] _i3-gesz_ x [...]
[...] _gi# du10-ga i3 [x_ ...]
[... ana] _sag-du_-szu2 _szub_-di [...]
_[DIŠ na gin7]_ a-ge-e sza _id2_ i-hab-bu-ub x [...]
[...] x ana szib-sat _innin gur_-szu2 ana _kar_-szu2 bi-ni# [...]
[...] _har-har kur-kur 8(disz) u2-hi-a szesz_ [...]
[...] x x x _lum-ha_ pu-[uh-pu-hu ...]
[...  ina _]szen-tur_ ina _i3 gin7_ rib-ki tara-bak# [...]
[...] x _aka3 nigin_-mi _i3 szur-min3_ [...]
[...] x _gir2 x_ [...]
[...] x bi ki x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 015 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399500) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399500..

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