AMT pl. 053 10

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400007

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400007.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] _gig har#-[har_ ...]
_[nu]_ pa!-tan _nag_-szu2 ina _a2_ tu-szap#-[ra-szu2 ...]
_pa# ge6-par3 5(disz) u2-hi-a szesz disz_-nisz [...]
_DISZ kimin u2 babbar sud2_ ina _i3_ hal-s,i _lal3_ x [...]
bah-ra _nag_-szu2 tu-szap#-[ra-szu2 ...]
_li a-zal-[la2_ ...]
[mal]-ma#-lisz# tu-szam#-[s,a ...]
[x x] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 053 10. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400007) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400007..

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