AMT pl. 068 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399433

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399433.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...] _nu-luh-ha_ [...]
[... _]an#-nu-ha-ra_ [...]
[...] x [...]
[...] hi u2-sa-al# i#-ga#-na#-ah [x x]
[...] x ak-tam ina _i3-gesz#_ [x x]
[...] ana na-hi-ri-szu2 _dub_-ma# [x x]
[...] _kasz kurun2-na nag_-ma# [x x]
[...] _ugu# gar_-an# _ra_-szu-ma _ti#_-[ut,]
[...] ul _szub_-a ana _ti_-szu2
[...] sza2 nu _[eme?]_-szu2#? _dab_-bat
[...] sar tar-musz8
[...] _gir3 uga_
[...] x x [x x x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 068 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399433) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399433..

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