BAM 5, 507

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394851

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394851.

Transliteration

x x x x x [x] x x x [...]
_en2_ na-pi-ir sze-<<isz>>-ri-isz [x x x x]
su-ga-li-ir-ri pa-at-hal li x [x]
su-ma-asz2 pa-at-ri pa-ku-un da-ra-ta# x
ik-ki-ri-ri da-ra-ah _tu6-en2#_
_en2_ hu-hu-un-ti ib-ni-a-ti ib-ni ir-ra sza-na-an#
ak-ka-li ir-ra su-gar-ri sza2?-at-ri ku-uk-ti#
hu-ma-at-ri su-ma-asz2 _tu6-en2_
_en2_ a-mim am-ma-an ku-um-ma-am-ma
su-um#-ma-at-ri
[x] x x ku-uk-ti hu-un-di hu-ma _tu6-en2_
[x x x x] _gesztu-min_-szu2 i-szag-gu-ma
[...] DISZ? sza2 [x x] x [x]
[...] x [x] pi# [x x x]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 507. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394851) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394851..

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