AMT pl. 081 04

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P426202

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426202.

Transliteration

[...]
[... mal2-ma-lisz tu-szam]-s,a u _tesz2-bi sud2_ ina _kasz-sag nag#_ [...]
[... _nu]_ pa-tan u2-ga-'-[asz2 ...]
[...] _igi_-lim _igi-[nisz_ ...]
[... _suhusz ]nam#-tar nita2 gu2-tur_ qa-[la-a ...]
[... _u2-hi-a an-nu]-tu2# ina _igi na2_-[szu2 _nag_ ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 081 04. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P426202) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426202..

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