AMT pl. 057 09

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398214

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398214.

Transliteration

[...] x sza2 ina _igi mul-mesz_ [...]
[...] x _gu4_ sza2 _egir mul-mul_ [...]
[...] ni qaq-qa-di _gu2_-ia5 u _gesztu_ s,i [...]
[... x]-ur3 a ku3 su3 nig2-na li gar_-an [...]
[...] x pi-hu _la-ha-an dida_ x [...]
[...] _sza3_-bi _sag-kul-la gu7_-an-ni _sag-du_ mu# [...]
[... _]igi_-lim _igi-nisz numun esi_ la du#? [...]
[...] x _pesz10-id2#_ x x x [...]
[...] _nu#-luh#-[ha_ ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 057 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398214) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398214..

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