BAM 2, 119

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P281817.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] x x x
[...] x x x
[...] x-ma _giri3-min_-szu2 ana _sza3 szub_-di x [...]
[_DISZ na giri3-min_-szu2 i]-szam#-ma-ma-szu2 a-tal-la-kam2 la i-le#-['-i ...]
[...] kam-ka-du _har-hum-ba-szir_ [x ...]
[...] HU szum4-ma _en-te-na_ ba-ah-ru-su [...]
[...] x _gu2 lal?_-su-ma _ti#_
[... _]li erin szur-min_ GESZ# [x] x x x [...]
[...] _giri3#-min_-szu2 tu-la#?-[']-bu# _i3-gesz erin# szesz_-[su ...]
[...] x x [...] x-ma _ti_
[...] _li_ [x ...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — BAM 2, 119. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P281817) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P281817..

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