BAM 7, 002 b2

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400277

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400277.

Transliteration

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[...] _u4 3(disz)-kam2_ [...]
[...] ina _kasz nu_ pa-tan _[nag_ ...]
[...] _sud2_ ina _kasz-sag_ [...]
[... _za]-gin3#-na sa5 illu_ a-bu-ka-[tu ...]
[...] _nu#_ pa-tan _nag#_ [...]
[... _zi]_-ah# _nu igi-du8 nu_ pa-tan nag#_ [...]
[... _nu] igi#-du8_ ina _mul4_ tusz-bat _nu_ pa-tan _[nag_ ...]
_[DISZ na_ ... _mu2]-mu2#_-ma _sza3_-szu2 s,a-bit-ma# [...]
[...] x ina _mud zabar#_ [...]
[...] _hi-hi i3-gesz szeg6_-szal [...]
[... x]-ma# ina x [...]
(traces)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 7, 002 b2. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400277) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400277..

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