Position in chronology
AMT pl. 030 06
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394477.
Transliteration
[...] : _a# pu2-gin7_ a#-[mi-a ...] [...] _tuku : u2 nu-ku4-ku4 a nu-ku4-ku4#_ [...] ne# : _asal-lu2-hi igi : nig2-ga2-e : gen-na dumu-mu_ [...] x ke4 : u3 ha-szu-u2 _szu u-me-ti_ [... _u]-me#-ni-szum2 : lu2-u18-lu dumu dingir-ra-na ka-bi-ta u-me-ni-gar_ [... _he2]-dur2#-re bu-luh-gin7 <<ri>> he2-en-si-il-e : im-ma gu-du-a-ni-ta he2-em-ma-ra-e3_ [...] x _en2 szub_-di ina _ka_-szu2 u2-man-zaq-ma ina _kasz nag_-ma ina-esz [...] _ka#-bi he2-du8-a_ [...] _dumu#? eridu-ke4# ka-keszda-bi he-du8-a_ [... _en2]_ 7(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu ina _ka_-szu2 u2#-[man]-zaq-ma ina-esz [...] ka-su-szu2-ma isz-pa-pa-ta ma-la#-[a ...] [... pe-ta]-at# pa-ni-szu2 ul a-ha-tu mu-sze#-[qa-at ...] [...] da# na-szi pat!-ri# [...] [... _har]-har# had2 ti_-qi2 _ugu en2 szub_-di# [...] [...] x szuh szu [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 030 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394477) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394477..
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