Position in chronology
BAM 4, 325
Not yet translated
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From the same catalogue range (near P281831)
Transliteration
[... _en] du11-du11#?_ kisz-pi x [...] [...] _nu-luh_ im-hur#?-[lim? ...] [...] im-hur-asz2-ru# [...] [...] _dili_ el-kul-la [...] [... ]ir-kul-la [...] [...] szur-sza _ku7#-ku7 had2-ra2#_ [...] _kusz asz2-gar3 nita nu du8#_ [ina _uzu_ ar-ra]-bi# ta-szap-pi ana _ugu#?_ [...] [...] _ud#_ 3(disz)-szu2 _en2_ [x ...] [...] x ina _gu2_-szu2 _[gar_ ...] [...] x x szu [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 4, 325. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P281831) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P281831..
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