AMT pl. 034 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397874

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397874.

Transliteration

[... _ukusz2]-ti#-gi-la_ tur-ar2 _sud2#_ [...]
[...] ina [...]
[... _]utu# nu! igi-du8 had2-a sud2_ [...]
[...] la#-am _giri3_-szu2 ana _ki gar_-nu# [...]
[...] _kurun2-na szub_-di ina _mul4#_ [...]
[... ta]-sak3# ina _mul4_ tusz-bat _lu2 nu ku3 nu igi ki_ la _[tag_ ...]
[... _ga-nu11] u2-nig2-bur3-bur3_ nu-s,a#-ba [...]
[...] _szesz#_ ina _a zu2-lum-ma hi#-[hi_ ...]
[...] ana _gesztin szub_-di ina# [...]
[...] _an-zah [pesz4-ansze_ ...]
[...] a-ar2 _ku3-babbar numun#_ [...]
[...] _eme ur-[gi7_ ...]
[...] i#-sa-[a-dar ...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 034 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397874) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397874..

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