BAM 5, 429

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399595

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399595.

Transliteration

[... ;] x x [...]
[... x]-ti# ; ina _i3_ pa-sza2-szu2# [x x]
[... x]-ti ; ina _i3_ pa-sza2-szu2 x [x]
[... x]-e# ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina [x x]
[... x]-e# ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina x [x]
[...] ze2# ; _sig3_-s,u2 lu ina _kasz_ [lu ina x x]
[...] ze2# ; _sig3_-s,u2 lu ina _kasz_ [lu ina x x]
[...] ze2 ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina [x x x]
[...] ze2 ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina x [x x]
[...] ze2# ; ina _a-mesz_ tara-muk ina _mul4_ tusz#-[bat]
[...] ze2 ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina [x x]
[...] ze2 ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina [x x]
[... ; _u2_ a-mur-ri]-qa-nu ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina [x x]
[... ; _u2_ a-mur]-ri#-qa-nu ; _sig3_-s,u2 ina _i3_ u [x x]
[...] x ; _sig3#_-s,u2# ina _i3_ u [x x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 429. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399595) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399595..

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