BAM 1, 007

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P285111

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P285111.

Transliteration

[...] x _zi sag-ki tuku-tuku_-[szi]
[...] _gin2# szur-min3 1(u) gin2 szesz#_
[... dap-ra]-nu# 1(u) _gin2 sal_
[...] x 1(u) _gin2 li_
[...] 1(u) _gin2 _gazi_
[... _lagab] munu6 1(u) gin2 duh-sze-gesz-i3 bara2-ga_
[...] x 1(u) _gin2_ sah-le2-e
[... _zu2]-lum#-ma 1(u) gin2 gu2-gal_
[...] _gaz# sim_ lu ina _kasz_ lu ina _gesztin_
[...] _sze#! ziz2-a-an_ ana _igi_ ta-szab-bah3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 1, 007. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P285111) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P285111..

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