AMT pl. 035 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397221

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397221.

Transliteration

[...]
[... _]erin mud2 erin_
[...] _hi-hi gesztug-mesz_-szu2 _szesz2-mesz_
[...] _gesztug-me_-szu2 _esz-mesz_
[...] i-s,a-par2
[...] it#-ta-na-al
[...] la# i-kal-li
[... _nag-mesz]_-ma# _ti_-ut,
[...] sza# _ka_ ra-hi-is,
[...] _szid_-nu
[...] _ka_-szu2 _gar_-an
[...] _ka#_-szu2# gar#_-an#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 035 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397221) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397221..

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