AMT pl. 016 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425358

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425358.

Transliteration

[...] tusz-kin
[...] _du3#_-usz
[...] x
[...] x
ina _a gazi sud_ ta-la3-asz _gig mud2 musz [ge6]_
ana _igi mar la2_-su-ma _ti_-[ut,]
3(disz) _keszda-mesz szesz 1(u) 5(disz)-ta-am3 u4_-me _la2_-[su]
szum4-ma ina _sza3 keszda_ mah-re-e la isz-ta-rik#
_keszda_ sza2-na-ma _la2_-su ina _sza3 keszda lugud_-ma _gar sza3_-bi-szu2 _keszda# [du8]_
_gada_ te-s,e-pir2 _lal3 [sud]_
_na4#_ ga-be2-e tu-lam ana _sza3 gig gar_-an _la2_-[su]
_[DISZ] sza3#_-szu2 _kalag u2 babbar min duh-lal3 sig7 [min]_
_[DISZ] na# gig gin7_ il-qi2# u2-ma-gag x [...]
[x x] x bu _hi-hi_ [x x] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 016 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425358) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425358..

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