BAM 6, 522

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399398

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399398.

Transliteration

[...] a# x [...]
[...] x _igi-min_-szu2 _mar asz-har na4_ ga-bi-i# x [...]
[... x]-szu2-ma _gub_-iz _ze2 udu-nita2 i3-udu diri_ ina _mun nu2_-al x [...]
[...] ak-tam ina _i3-nun mar-mar asz-har_ ina _i3-nun_ [...]
[...] _bad_ it-ri-ma _du_-isz _ses_ ina _ga u2-zu4 ni gesz3_-szi [...]
[...] _igi#-min_-szu2 BAD DI ri _tun3-mesz kur-ra u2 babbar naga si kur-x_ [...]
[...] _na4#_ ga-bi-i kam-mu _disz_-nisz ta-mar-x szum4-ma _en-te-na_ ina _kasz#_ [...]
[...] x x LUH _szid_ ina _nindu_ te x x _du_-ma ina _i3#_ [...]
[...] x [...]
[...] it-ri-ma x [...]
[...] x SAR [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 522. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399398) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399398..

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