BAM 6, 525

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394465

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394465.

Transliteration

[x x x] x _babbar_ ti szi x [...]
_x-mesz_ ina _sag-ki_-szu2 _mu2 numun_ u2 [...]
_en2_ szur-du-ma _du_-ku ina# _giri17_-szu2_
_du3-du3-bi_ su-gin3 _ig_ su#-[mat ...]
su-gin3 _gesz nu-kusz2-u3 an-ta_ u _ki#-[ta_ ...]
_nu-nu 7(disz) kesz2-kesz2_ e-ma _kesz2 en2 szid_ [...]
ha x [...]
x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 525. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394465) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394465..

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