AMT pl. 092 02

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394078

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394078.

Transliteration

[x x] x _naga#?_ [...]
[x _]nig2-na4 ti_-qi2 ana _sza3 ku3-babbar_ [...]
_za#-gin3 musz-gir2 nir2#_ [...]
2(disz)# _[nu duh]-lal3# 2(disz) nu esir 2(disz) nu#_ [...]
[x x x x] _siskur# su_-szi#?-[na? ...]
[x x x x x x] x [...]
[x] x bi#? x [...]
kisz-pi [...]
ne-pi-szi an-na-a x [...]
nap-szal-ti szim-ma-ti _du8_ [...]
_li gi du10-ga_ [...]
_en2_ szim-ma-tu2 [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 092 02. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394078) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394078..

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