AMT pl. 095 01

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425371

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425371.

Transliteration

x [...]
ur2-nu-u2# [...]
_DISZ na szu-gidim-ma gig_ x [...]
_DISZ_ a-na _kin szu-gidim-ma_ la-az-zi# [...]
ana _zi_-szu2 _har-har_ [...]
_DISZ kimin suhusz za-musz3-szesz2_ x [...]
_har-har kur-kur ti_-qi2 7(disz) _u2-hi#-[a_ ...]
ina _im-szu-rin-na_ te-sek-ker ina _szen#-[tur_ ...]
a-di _uzu-mesz_-szu2 i-par2-ru-u ta-x [...]
tar-musz8 _igi_-lim _igi-nisz kur#?-[kur?_ ...]
_szesz2-mesz_-su u _gesztin sur-ra_ [...]
_DISZ szu-gidim-ma_ ina _su na_ il-ta-za#-[az ...]
masz-qi2-a-ti ma-ka-lu-u u x [...]
_[DISZ] na#_ ina _dab szu-gidim-ma_ [...]
[x x x] ra x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 095 01. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425371) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425371..

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