BAM 5, 496

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400276

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400276.

Transliteration

[...] gi#? x x x [...]
[...] _zi#_-hi _du3-du3-bi eme ur#-[gi7_ ...]
[...] x un-da-szi-ru _e11_-ma ana _igi#?_ [...]
[...] _szub#_-di _en2 sza3_-bi _szid_-nu [...]
[...] _sza3 i3-gesz en2 szub_-ma [...]
[...] nam#-si-tim _ti_-qe2 ina ba-ri-ri sza2 [...]
[...] _nig2#-dara2-szu-lal2 babbar_ ina _i3-udu ra_ ina _dur2#?_ [...]
[...] _lu2#-szu-gi_ u _szu-gi nin#?_ [...]
[... tur2]-ar2# _sud2_ ina _i3 hi-hi#_ [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 496. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400276) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400276..

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