AMT pl. 056 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396293

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396293.

Transliteration

[...] _nag in6-usz2 szakira_ u2 x [...]
[... tu]-zak# _nag hab sud2_ ina _kasz nag_ la x [...]
[...] _nag# nu-luh-ha_ [...]
[...] _nag# igi-6(disz)-gal2-la_ ana [x ...]
[...] _u4# 3(disz)-kam2_ 1(disz)-szu2 _szesz2_ [...]
[...] _la2_-szu2 _gar_-an _gu2_ x [...]
[... x]-szu2#? _kum uzu al-hab-[ba_ ...]
[...] _gu2#_ x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 056 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396293) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396293..

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