AMT pl. 050 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398842

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398842.

Transliteration

[...] u2# za# x [...]
[...] x lu ina _szen-tur#_ [...]
[...] x _kur_-e _gesztin szur_ u _kasz tesz2-bi_ tusz-te-mid [...]
[...] sah#-le2-e _pa szakira pa nu-ur2-ma_ [...]
[...] _ab2-duh masz gur2-gur2_ szim [...]
[...] _szesz# tesz2-bi sud2_ ina _kasz_ ina szen-tur_ [...]
[... sah]-le2#-e _a-gar-gar masz-da3 numun_ tar-musz8# [...]
[...] _a#? gazi_ szim x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 050 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398842) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398842..

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