AMT pl. 029 09

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425384

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425384.

Transliteration

[... _a2-gu2-zi]-ga igi#_-[lim(?) ...]
_[DISZ lu2_ ka]-szip# qu2-lip-ti bi-ni x [...]
[...] _a-gar-gar masz-da3_ sza2 x [...]
[...] _sag#?-ta nu_ x [...]
_[DISZ lu2 ka]-szip# _zu2-lum-ma_ x [...]
[...] x-szu2 x [...]
[...] bi an# nu# [...]
_[DISZ] lu2#_ ka-szip# [...]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 029 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425384) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425384..

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