AMT pl. 025 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402033

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402033.

Transliteration

[...] u2 x [...]
[...] tur#-ar2 _sud2 ki i3-udu_ x [...]
[...] _li gur2-gur2_ ina _i3-udu#_ [...]
[... _hur]-sag_ sah-le2-e _u2 babbar_ ak#-[tam ...]
[...] _gaz#_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi_ alla-an sza [...]
[...] x _i3-nun duh-lal3 i3 [x_ ...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 025 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402033) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402033..

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