AMT pl. 078 08

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399504

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399504.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] ana# _id2 szub_-di [...]
[...] e# _szah-tur masz-da3_ [...]
[...] _pesz2 giri3#_ [...]
[... _gi]-izi#-la2_ sze# [...]
[...] ina# _sila3-gaz#_ [...]
[... tu]-kap#-par-ma ana _id2_ [...]
[...] x _za3-hi-li_ [...]
[...] _nindu#?_ ug da _du3?_-asz2?-ma _na2_ [...]
[...] te-te-ep-[x ...]
[...] x _buru5-habrud#-[da_ ...]
[...] x _du3_ [...]
[...] e#? x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 078 08. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399504) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399504..

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