BAM 5, 479

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P239131

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Transliteration

[...]
[...] _nag_
[...] _kasz nag_
[...] _nag_
[...] _nag_
[...] _nag#_
[...]
_u4-da#_ [...]
A x [...]
MU x [...]
x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 479. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P239131) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P239131..

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