AMT pl. 022 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P401257

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401257.

Transliteration

[...] x-mesz [...]
[... ina] _kasz sud2_ x [...]
[...] _numun gada masz [nig2-gidru-sipa_ ...]
[... ]s,a#-da-na _kur-ra ara3_-en# _sim#_ [...]
[... ina _a] gazi# sila11_-asz _i3-gesz szesz2_-su _lal2#_ [...]
[...] tar-musz _gir2_-a-na sza2-ga-bi-gal#-[zu ...]
[... _u2 sig]-mesz#_ sza2 _kur_-i s,i-bu-ru al-lum-za _hab#_ [...]
[...] _gi# du10-ga_ ba-lu pa-tan _nag-[mesz_ ...]
[...] x x x ti# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 022 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P401257) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401257..

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