AMT pl. 018 07

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398367

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398367.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] x di in szu2 si x [...]
[...] x ba ri ana _igi_-szu2 ha [...]
[... ana] _igi#_-szu2 ha x [...]
[...] _naga in-nu-usz gi szul#-[hi_ ...]
[...] x _giri3 uga_ u2 x [...]
[...] x ina _sza3 1/3(disz)! sila3 ti_-qi2 _had2-ra2 gaz sim#_ [...]
[...] _sahar_ du-u'3-i lu ina _kasz lu2-kurun2-na#_ [...]
[...] _a_ zi-iq-qi2 ana _me u4_-me _nag-mesz#_ [...]
[...] x di _gaba-ri nu tuku-mesz_ [...]
[...] x _ugu igi_-szu2 _gig_ [...]
[...] mesz szu2 masz x [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 018 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398367) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398367..

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