BAM 6, 536

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P238637

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Transliteration

[...] sah#-le-e ina _i3#_ [...]
[...] x _a_ ina _i3_ u _kasz_ [...]
[...] x ina _i3_ u _kasz_ [...]
[...] be2-e _sud2_ ina _gesztin_ [...]
[...] ra ina _gesztin_ [...]
_[en2_ bu-']-sza2-nu da-an _dab_-su#?
[... _ur]-mah#_ nap-sza2-ra is,-bat#
[... _ur]-bar#-ra_ is,-bat nu-ur#-[za?]
[...] is,#-s,a-bat [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 536. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P238637) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P238637..

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