AMT pl. 091 05

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394243

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394243.

Transliteration

[...] x _gar_-an _gu2-nig2-ar3-ra_ x x _pa asal2 sud2_ ina _kasz nag_
[...] _musz#-dim2-gurun-na giri3-min_-szi-na _sag-du_-szi-na _kud-kud_-sam?-ma? ina? nir masz szi _szub_
[...] GA _ansze disz_-nisz _hi-hi u4 7(disz)-kam2 u4 1(u)-kam2 en_ u2-zak-ki-u _nag-mesz_
[...] _kusz#?_-szu2-nu ina _na sud2_ ina ku-ru-un _dida hi-hi nag-mesz_
[... tar]-musz8#? _kur-kur sud2_ ina _kasz nag gesztin ka5-a pa_ bi-ni _sud2_ ina _kasz nag_
[...] x kal _bar_-szu2-nu _sig7_-su-nu _sud2_
[...] ina _kasz_ tara-bak ina _mul4_ tusz-bat _nag_
[...] x x x ud ni-kip-tu2 _sud2_ ina _kasz nag_
[...] ina _mul4_ tusz-bat
[...] _nag_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 091 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394243) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394243..

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