BAM 5, 486

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425685

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425685.

Transliteration

_en2 sag-ki#-[ni_ ...]
mu-ru-ub-bi-ni# [...]
_du3-du3-bi_ asz-lam _nita2#_ [...]
e-ma _ka-keszda en2 szid_-nu# [...]
_ki ka-keszda_ ina _he2-me-da nigin#_ [...]
_en2# id2-da-ta tir gal-gal-la#-[ta_ ...]
_ul#-ul gesztin gir2 mu-un-kar#-[re_ ...]
_[szu] mu2#-mu2#-e#-de3# mul#-mul#_ [...]
[... _]kin_
[... _szeg6]_-szal# _gu7_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 486. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425685) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425685..

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