BAM 6, 551

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397531

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397531.

Transliteration

_[DISZ] na#_ [...]
_uh2 tuku_-szi# [...]
ina _sag-kud#_ [...]
si-ta-te [...]
ina _pa muszen_ [...]
_DISZ na_ ta-bi-lam u2-sa-al# [...]
_i3#_ [...]
[... i-szat,-t,a]-ru
[... lip]-szi-it,

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 551. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397531) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397531..

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