BAM 5, 501

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397823

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397823.

Transliteration

[...] x ul# [...]
[...] usz# qi2-ba pi ni sze x [...]
[...] x ina _dur sig2 babbar e3_ [...]
[...] _ugu#? en2_ 7(disz)-szu2 _szid_-nu [...]
[...] _a-mesz_ zi-qi2 [...]
[...] x ana _sag-du_-szu2 tu-qar-ra-ar2# [...]
_[en2_ ...] hu-di mi-it-ta-an-ni hu-di# [x]
[...] x uk-ka-kak _an-zu_ ga ar ma lisz#?
[...] u2-ri-sze a-ri-sze ki-ri-ri x [...]
[... tu-ba]-ah# na-an-zi tu-ba-ah _tu6-en2#_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 501. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397823) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397823..

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