AMT pl. 069 09

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425872

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425872.

Transliteration

[...] x x x x x [...]
[... gisz]-szi#-szu2 _en!_ ki-s,al-li-szu2 _gu7#_ [...]
[... _]gesz#-kun#_-[szu2] _en# szu-si-mesz giri3-min_-szu2 _sa-mesz_-szu2 _gu7-mesz_ [...]
[...] eq-bi-szu2 _gub-mesz_-az# _sa mud#? masz-da3_ sza2 _min_ [...]
[...] x ri 3(disz) ḫir-s,i ma-nu_ ta#-[har]-ra#-as, [...]
[...] x _gar_-an _i3-gesz szesz2!_-su _ur5-gin7#_ [...]
[...] _ka#-ra-ra-tum abzu_ [...]
[...] _mul#? en2_ [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 069 09. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425872) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425872..

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