AMT pl. 016 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396382

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396382.

Transliteration

[x x x] _ab2#-duh# ta#-pa#-as, ina _i3#-gesz#_ [...]
_u2#_ a-szi-i _kud_-si _numun_ kam2-ka-di _sud2#_ [...]
ka-man-ta _sud2_ ina _i3-gesz szesz2 u2 babbar#_ [...]
_ha-szu-u2 hab za3-hi-li_ zi-bu-u2 _u2 babbar#_ [...]
_szim#-bi-ku3-gi tesz2-bi_ ta-sak3 ina _i3-gesz_ u _kasz-sag nag-mesz#_ [...]
_isz-ka-gi-im-ma an-ki-min : szu-uh-di-am_ [...]
x ud asz szim hi isz-ka-ki-im-ma te-esz-a tu6# [en2]_
_ka# inim-ma_ a-szu-u2 _dab_-su-ma _a-mesz_ ina nap-pa-sze-szu2 _du#_-[ak ...]
_sig3#_-as-su u _sag-ki-mesz_-szu2 _gu7-[mesz_ ...]
[x x] _gi# du10-ga_ u _mud2 erin disz_-nisz _hi-hi en2_ 3(disz)-szu2 ana _sza3#_ [...]
[x x x] x _dub sag-du_-su u _gaba_-su [...]
[x x x] x _dul_-szu2 bah-ra _gu7_ bah-ra _nag_-ma [...]
[x x x x x] _dab#_-su igi_-lim _kur-kur_ [...]
[x x x x _]masz#-tab-ba_ ina _i3-gesz szesz2#_ [...]
[... it-ta]-mu#-uh [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 016 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396382) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396382..

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