AMT pl. 047 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402017

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402017.

Transliteration

[...]
[...] _sig2# sa5 sig2_ [...]
[...] _keszda en2 szid_-nu [...]
[...] _igi# gaba-ri igi_ tu mu [...]
[...]
[...] x _ku4-ra an-na_ ku x [...]
[...] _min_ x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 047 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402017) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402017..

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