BAM 5, 432

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396215

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396215.

Transliteration

[...] x mim-ma gesz#? [...]
_[nig2]-dara2#-szu-lal2_ tur-ar2# [...]
[...] ku szah zik-tu2 x [...]
[...] _hur-sag sig7#_ [...]
[...] _zu2#-lum a_ sza2 _utul2_ ina x x [...]
[...] x _szur-min3 gir2_ x [...]
[...] _dih3 henbur2 gi szul-[hi_ ...]
[...] x _pa haszhur-kur-ra pa#_ [...]
[...] x _pa szennur-kur-ra [...]_
[...] x x x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 432. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396215) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396215..

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