BAM 6, 527

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399857

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399857.

Transliteration

[... ina] _kusz# a#?_ x [...]
[...] _sila3 zi3 gu2-tur zi3#_ [...]
[...] _u2#-hi-a_ an-nu-ti [...]
[...] ki tara-bak ina _kusz#_ [...]
[... x]-as-hu 2(u) _u4#-[kam2_ ...]
[...] 1(disz) _sila3 zi3 sze munu6 1(disz) sila3# [zi3_ ...]
[...] x 1(disz) _sila3 zi3_ tar-muš!(RI) 1(disz) _sila3#_ [...]
[... 1(disz)] sila3# zi3#_ x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 527. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399857) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399857..

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