BAM 5, 439

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400318

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400318.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] x ti _a gazi bil_-lu#? [...]
[...] _mun#_ eme-sal-lim x [...]
[...] x nu _kud_-is _mud2_ sza ina _kud_-szu2 _e3_ x [...]
[...] x _ki mud2_ bi-ni ina _i3-gesz_ [...]
[...] x ina _i3_ u _sahar-uruda_ [...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 439. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400318) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400318..

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