AMT pl. 054 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P395370

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395370.

Transliteration

[x x x x x u2-tam]-mi-ka#
[x x x ]da-ri2
[x x x ]la-ha-ma
[x x x x be]-li-li
[x x x zi3-dub-dub]-bu#-e-ne
[x x x] el-la
[x x x a]-ge#-e
[x x x x ki]-na#-a-ti
[x x x x x x na]-ah#-la
[x x x x tum3]-ma#-ta
[x x x x] _szil#-tah#
[x] _ugu#?_ szi-[ia-a-ri]
[...] x x [...]
_DISZ na murub4 ugu_-szu2 u _sag-ki-mesz_-szu2 _tag-tag_-szu2

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 054 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P395370) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P395370..

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