AMT pl. 085 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394510

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394510.

Transliteration

it#-ti# [...]
u3 mi-na-at _uzu#_ [...]
ina _ne_ u ab du3_-ma x [...]
_DISZ na_ ina _igi-mesz_-szu2 bir-s,i x [...]
_gidim_ hur-ba-ti mu-usz#-[x ...]
_gub_-zu _ti_-qi2 ina _izi_ x [...]
_asz2-gi4-gi4_ [...]
_DISZ an-zah an#-[zah-babbar?_ ...]
_DISZ KU-KU an-bar ku3#_ [...]
_DISZ#_ sa-a-bi#? [...]
_DISZ# numun szinig_ [...]
[e]-nu-ma IGI#? [...]
[x] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 085 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394510) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394510..

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