BAM 6, 530

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P396377

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396377.

Transliteration

[...] x sza2 _kasz#_ [...]
[...] x [...]
[x x x x] x [x x x] _mud2_ ina _giri17#_-[szu2 ...]
_e2-gal an-szar2-du3-a lugal szu2 man kur an-[szar2]_
sza _muati_ u tasz-me-tu4 _gesztu-min_ ra-pa-asz2-tu isz-ru#?-[ku-szu2]
e-hu-uz-zu _gesztu-min_ na-mir-tu ni-siq t,up-szar-ru#-[ti]
sza2# ina# _lugal-mesz_-ni a-lik mah-ri-ia mim-ma szip-ru szu-a-tu2 la i-hu-[uz-zu]
bul-t,i _ta ugu_-hi a-di _umbin_ liq-ti _bar-mesz_
ta-hi-zu nak-lu a-zu-gal-lu-tu _masz_ u _gu-la ma-la ba-asz2-[mu]
ina t,up-pa-ni asz2#-t,ur as-niq [x x x]
a-na ta-mar-ti szi-ta-as-si qe2#-[reb _e2-gal_-ia u2-kin]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 530. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P396377) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P396377..

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