BAM 5, 454

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398713

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398713.

Transliteration

[... tu-par2?]-ra#-as,-ma#
[...] ana _su_-szu2 _nu te_
_[DISZ_ ina _e2 lu2_ ina la mu-du]-ti#? _pesz2-ur3-ra_ szu-a-tu4
[lu ina _id2_ lu ina] su#-qi2 it#-[ta]-ad#-du#-u2
_[na bi_ sza] _zi#-ku5-ru-da#_ [ep-szu2-szum?]
[... _kurum6]_-su ana 3(u) x [x x x]
[... lip]-pal#-sih mu#-[ru-us, ...]
[... _sag]-du#_-szu2 lid-di ina an#-[ni-ti ...]
[7(disz)-szu2 liq-bi] _zi-ku5-ru#-[da_ ana _lu2 bi nu te]_
_[DISZ_ a-na?] _zi-ku5-ru#-[de3_ szu-a#-tu? ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 454. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398713) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398713..

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