AMT pl. 030 01

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452358

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452358.

Transliteration

x x x [...]
ana _zi_ x [...]
_u4 3(disz)-kam#_ [...]
tar-musz# [...]
_DISZ na_ ri-szu#-[tu ...]
_DISZ kimin u2_ [...]
_DISZ kimin u2_ [...]
_DISZ kimin u2_ [...]
_DISZ_ ri-szu-tu# [...]
x x szu# hi#? x [...]
_du3-du3-bi szurun ansze babbar_ [...]
_[zi3] ziz2#-an-na sig2# [...]
[x] x pa x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 030 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452358) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452358..

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