AMT pl. 077 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399541

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399541.

Transliteration

[... _gag?]-mesz# diri# gin7 izi tab_-szu# [...]
[... ana _igi] gig# mar la2_-su-ma# [...]
[...] _mud2 erin esz-mesz_ [...]
[...] _gig# min_ ni-ip-sze diri-diri_-ma#? [...]
[...] x um-me-di it-ta-szu2 x [...]
[... x]-li#-ni-'i szu-nu-ti _gazi_ [...]
[...] _ban_-ti _a-bar2_ ina _i3_ [...]
[...] x ni#-ip#-sze# _gig_-ma# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 077 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399541) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399541..

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