BAM 5, 509

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P426115

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426115.

Transliteration

[...] x x x [...]
[...] a-na _gu2-gal_ [...]
[... sza2] _ku3-babbar_ gi-dim-me-e-ti [sza2 _ku3-sig17]_
[li-pat-ta-a] _id2-mesz_ li-pat-ta-a a#-[tap-pa-ti]
[x] li#-par#-szi-du-ni lu-s,u-u2-ni zu-u2#-[szu2]
[a]-szam#-szu-tum sza2 _sza3_-bi-szu2 li-s,a-am-ma _utu_ li-mur#
_[en2]_ ul# ia-ut-tu-un _en2 asal-lu2-hi_ u _gu-la_
[x] x id-di-ma a-na-ku asz2-szi
_[gu]-la# ti-la_-ma _nig2-ba_-ki li-qe2-e _tu6-en2_
[x x] bu# e-ki-a-am tal-lak
[...] x _sza3_-bi _ki-sikil_ a-na _gaz_-ia
[... _sza3]_-bi# _ki-sikil nu gaz#_
[...] bi# lu _nita2#_ [...]
[...] x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 509. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P426115) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P426115..

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