AMT pl. 051 12

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P401189

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401189.

Transliteration

sah#-[le2-e ...]
_al-la#-an#_ [...]
_tesz2-bi_ ta-sak3# [...]
_en du10_-szu2 [...]
_DISZ na gaba_-su u _masz-sila3#-[min_-szu2 ...]
_pa sze-na2-a pa gesztin ka5#-[a_ ...]
ina _a gazi zi3-kum_ x [...]
_gaba_-su u _masz-sila3#-min#_-[szu2 ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 051 12. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P401189) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401189..

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