AMT pl. 028 09

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424886

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424886.

Transliteration

[...] _in6-usz2_ x [...]
[...] x an _kusz an-na#-[geszimmar_ ...]
[...] x _an-bar-ta e3_ [...]
[... _gur2]-gur2# in6-usz2 aka3 nigin en2_ [...]
[...] _ka#_-szu2 _gar_-an-ma [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 028 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424886) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424886..

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