AMT pl. 030 13

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P452340

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452340.

Transliteration

[x x x x x _nu]-luh#-[ha_ ...]
[x x x x] x _szesz#_ [...]
[x x] _nu-luh-ha_ x [...]
[x x x] _ara3_-ti _zu2_-szu2 _dub_ [...]
_[DISZ] kimin# dida sig5#_ [...]
_DISZ# na zu2-mesz_-szu2 _gu7_-szu2# [...]
_bil-za-za sig7_ s,i# [...]
_bil-za-za sig7_ s,i# [...]
_DISZ na zu2-mesz_-szu2 _gu7#-[mesz_-szu2 ...]
x ka# _sun2_ [...]
[x] ka#? _sun2#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 030 13. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P452340) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P452340..

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