AMT pl. 052 08

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398897

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398897.

Transliteration

[...] u2#? x [...]
[...] tu-lal u2# [...]
[...] _suhusz kiszi16_ x [...]
[...] szu2 ana _a szub_-di [...]
[...] mar#-ha-s,i ta-szah-hal ina# _sza3#_ [...]
[...] _murub4#-min_-szu2 gesz-szi-szu2 _en_ ki-s,al-li-szu2 x [...]
[...] kim#-s,i-szu2 tu-sza2-za-su _ninda-hi-a_ ana x [...]
[...] si bu TA _gu-di_-szu2 [...]
[...] _en2_ ki-a-am [...]
[...] masz-ka-du [...]
[... masz]-ka-du# [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 052 08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398897) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398897..

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