AMT pl. 055 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400290

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400290.

Transliteration

[... ana?] _ti_-[szu2? ...]
[...] nu-s,a-[ba ...]
[...] x _na4 pesz4#_ [...]
[...] x 4(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz#_ [...]
[...] _szu-min- 2(gesz2) 3(u)-ka _il2_ [...]
[...] _min#_-szu s,i-bu-ra _min_-szu# [...]
[... _min]_-szu# _numun didli min_-szu _numun kiszi16#_ [...]
[... _min]_-szu# ti-ga-la-a 1(u) 2(disz) _u2-hi-a_ an#-[ni-ta ...]
[...] _mur#-mesz gig_-ma _gig_-su ana _tun3_-szu2 x [...]
[...] x has-hal-lat haszhur_ has-hal-lat pesz3_ qut-ra x [...]
[...] _duh#-lal3_ u _zu2-lum-ma hi-hi_ ina _kusz#-edin#?_ [...]
[... _nu]-luh# nu-[luh-ha_ ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 055 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400290) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400290..

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