BAM 5, 452

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396673

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396673.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] x ga#? ga _na bi#_ [...]
[... _]an#-bar_ [x ...]
[...] _gar_-an-ma [...]
_[DISZ ki-min_ ...] _numun szinig numun in-nu-usz#_ [x ...]
[...] _lal3 kur-ra hi-hi_-ma ina _mul_ tusz#?-[bat]
[ina _a2-gu2-zi-ga_ ana] _igi utu_ ina _ugu esir had2-ra2 gub-ba_-ma _[nag_-ma]
[... _]ka#-gi-na dab-ba_ ina _i3-gesz szur-min3 szesz2#_-[su]
[...] _zi-ku5-ru-da_ ep-szu2-szu2 pa-sze-[er]
_[DISZ na_ ...] _giri3-min_-szu2 i-ra-'u-ba _ka_-szu2 ru-pu-usz-tu2 [...]
_[na bi zi-ku5-ru-da] gu7# nag szesz2 alam zi-ku5#-[ru-da_ ...]
_[ki usz2_ szu-nu-ul ana] pa-sza!-ri-im#-ma# _zi#?_ [...]
[...] _igi#_-lim# u2#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 452. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396673) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396673..

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