BAM 3, 245

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P281822

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P281822.

Transliteration

[...] x ak-tam ma-x-[...]
[...] x _ki zi3 sze-sa-a_ ina _kasz#_ [...]
[...] x _i3-gesz sza3_ RI# LUL#?-lam [...]
[...] _nag_-szi-ma la ul-ta-ap#?-[x ...]
_[DISZ munus?_ ...] is,-s,i-ni-ih szi-kin2 pa-ni-[sza2 ...]
[... be]-en#-nu _dab_-szi i-ri-ih-hi [...]
[... _im]-sahar#-babbar-kur-ra im-sahar-ge6-kur-ra_ [...]
[...] _na5#_ it-te-mir a-la?-<da> _gug#?_ [...]
[...] x ina _kusz du3-du3_-pi2# [...]
[... _x]-sa sig5-ga szim#_ [...]
[...] x dul ta-nap-[pi? ...]
[...] x ana _sza3 gal4-[la_-sza2 ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 3, 245. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany (P281822) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P281822..

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