AMT pl. 039 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P401370

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401370.

Transliteration

_[numun?] nu#-luh#-[ha?_ ...]
_numun ab2#-[duh_ ...]
_numun_ u5-[ra-nu ...]
_DISZ na_ ki-is _[sza3?_ ...]
ul-tu x [...]
_DISZ na_ ki-is _[sza3?_ ...]
_numun_ u2 x [...]
ul-tu [...]
x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 039 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P401370) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401370..

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