BAM 5, 495

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P401238

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401238.

Transliteration

[...] x
[...] x
[...] x
_en2#_ [...]
_edin ki#_ [...]
u2 su nu x [...]
_ka-inim-ma_ [...]
_du3-du3-bi ab2-duh_ ta#-[pa-as, ...]
_en2#_ 7(disz)-szu2 ana _ugu szid_ [...]
_[DISZ] na#_ a-szu-u2 _dab_-su hab illu#_ [...]
_ka#_-szu2 u3 na-hi-ri-szu2 tu-qat-tar#
_[egir]_-szu2 _i3-gesz_ hal-s,a ina _[sag-kud_ ...]
[x x x] _kur-kur numun#_ [...]
[x x x] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 495. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P401238) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401238..

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