AMT pl. 021 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398504

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398504.

Transliteration

[...] _szeg6#_ ina _i3-gesz_ u _kasz_ [...]
[...] _hab_ ina _i3-gesz_ u _kasz nag_ [...]
[...] _illu# buluh szur-min3_ szim [...]
[...] ina# _szen-tur szeg6_ [...]
[... a]-ga-pi tu-szap-ra-szu2-ma [...]
[...] _ba-lu-ha sze-li babbar#_ [...]
[... _]har-har 1(u) u2-hi-a szesz tesz2-bi gaz_
[...] x tu-kas,3-s,a _u2-hi-a szesz_
[...] x 5(disz) _u4_-me _gar_
[...] _ti_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 021 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398504) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398504..

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