AMT pl. 049 03

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P402026

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402026.

Transliteration

[...] x hu# ar#-ga#-[nu? ...]
[... _]ma?-nu szur-min3_ dap2-ra-nu _gi_ [...]
[...] _tesz2#-bi gaz sim_ ina _kasz-sag_ ina _szen#-[tur?_ ...]
[...] x _szub_ u _sza3-mesz_-szu2 _mu2-mesz_-hu _sza3-mesz#_ [...]
[... _i3]-sag? sumun sza3_-bi _tesz2-bi#?_ [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 049 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P402026) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P402026..

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