Position in chronology
BAM 1, 007
Not yet translated
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From the same catalogue range (near P285111)
Transliteration
[...] x _zi sag-ki tuku-tuku_-[szi] [...] _gin2# szur-min3 1(u) gin2 szesz#_ [... dap-ra]-nu# 1(u) _gin2 sal_ [...] x 1(u) _gin2 li_ [...] 1(u) _gin2 _gazi_ [... _lagab] munu6 1(u) gin2 duh-sze-gesz-i3 bara2-ga_ [...] x 1(u) _gin2_ sah-le2-e [... _zu2]-lum#-ma 1(u) gin2 gu2-gal_ [...] _gaz# sim_ lu ina _kasz_ lu ina _gesztin_ [...] _sze#! ziz2-a-an_ ana _igi_ ta-szab-bah3
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 1, 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P285111) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P285111..
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