AMT pl. 029 07

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P426251

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426251.

Transliteration

_[nu-ur2-ma ku7]-ku7#_ sza2 ina _ugu#_ [x x x x x x x x x x x] + K 10977 (AMT 38, 5) 3'
_[i3 du10]-ga#_ ana _sza3 gesztug_-szu2 _szub i3 bal#_ [x x x x x x x x x x] + K 10977 (AMT 38, 5) 4'
_[DISZ na] gesztug# gub3_-szu2 _tag_-su _im diri_-at u# [x x x x x x x x] + K 10977 (AMT 38, 5) 5'
_[i3-udu] kur#-gi szeg6_-szal bah3-ru-us-su# [x x x x x x (x x x x x x x)] + K 10977 (AMT 38, 5) 6'
_[i3 ]erin_ ana _sag-du_-szu2 _szub_-di hi-ib-s,a# [x x x x x]
_[DISZ na kiri4 zag]_-szu2 _tag_-su ina _u4 1(disz)-kam2_ sza _sig4#_ [x x x x x x x x x]
[x x x x x] _edin# u5-mesz#_ [ina] _ugu#_ [x x x x x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 029 07. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P426251) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426251..

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