AMT pl. 030 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425960

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425960.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...] _la2 : DISZ kimin ga-rasz ta-sak3# x [...]
[...] kur-ra numun si-sa2 mun naga_
[...] x _sud2_ ina _i3_ hab-ra-ni _hi-hi la2_
[...] x _numun gi-zu2-lum-ma_ ta-sak3 ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2_
[...] _ur#-mah a2 gub3#?_ la-la-ra _ze2 musz_
[...] x _mud2_ an-du-hal-la-tu2 ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2_
[...] _za3-hi-li_ ina _i3-gesz hi-hi szesz2_
_[DISZ gig gar_-szu2 ku-pu-ut] u3 _kir4_-szu2 hu-un-du-ud zi-iq-tum _mu-ni_
_[DISZ gig gar_-szu2 _gin7_ i]-ba#-rim-ma _kir4_-szu2 _babbar szub_ zi-iq-tum _mu-ni_
[...] _gu7_-szu2 zi-iq-tu2 _mu-ni : DISZ gig min sa5 babbar tur_ u _gu7_-szu2 zi-iq-tu2 _mu-ni_
[...] _li sud2_ ina _kasz sag hi-hi la2_-su-ma _ti_
[...] x ina _i3-udu ellag2 udu-nita2 hi-hi_ ina _kusz sur la2_-id
[...] _duh-lal3_ ina _i3-udu hi-hi la2_-id
[... ki]-am# it-ta-szu2-nu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 030 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425960) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425960..

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