AMT pl. 027 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394663

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394663.

Transliteration

[...] isz-tu _sag-du_-szu2 a-di _giri3-min_-szu2
[...] hur-ba-szu _szub-mesz_-su
[...] x _szu inanna szu-gidim-ma im-ri-a_-szu#
[...] _nu#-nu sar_
[...] _nu-nu_
[...] _sag#-du_-szu2 _sar_
[... _]asz2#-gar3 gesz3-nu-zu_ rig-me _mu-un-zu_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 027 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394663) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394663..

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