BAM 5, 505

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396877

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396877.

Transliteration

[...] _gug_ [x] x [x]
[...] 1(u)# 5(disz)#? _ka-keszda kesz2_
[...] ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _kesz2#_
[...] ina _ka#_
[...] li-nap-pu-šu-ni
[...] i#-szu-u
[... _x]-mesz_-szu2
[...] x-szu2#

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 505. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396877) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396877..

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