AMT pl. 022 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402005

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402005.

Transliteration

[...] _gu7_-szu2#?
[...] asz _mu-ni_
[...] x szu2
[...] _mu-ni_
[...] x su
[...] du _gig_
[...] _gig_
[...] x x
[...] x x [...]
[...] u3 lu nam#? szu2 x mu ad [...] nun
[...] x ud ki _gid2_-szu-ma bad x mu x [x x x x] liq-qu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 022 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402005) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402005..

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