BAM 3, 263

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P285347.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_gur2-gur2 li#_ [...]
_kur-kur masz_
_ses_ x
_illu buluh_
ap2-ru-szu2 _an-ki-nu-te#_
_numun_ szu2-mut-te _kur-ra_#
ku-di-mi _pesz10-id2_
_numun hur-sag_
_naga si_ KU.KU _si-dara4_
_usz2_ x x _usz2#_ e#-re#-nu#
szu-lu-ut, [...] x [...]
a-na nap-szal-ti [...]
x _lal_ LI#
x NISZ ra#-ma-ni-[x]
_lu2#-masz-masz_ ma-hi-ir

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — BAM 3, 263. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P285347) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P285347..

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