BAM 5, 442

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P401745

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401745.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[...] _kusz#_ ina _sa ab2-ri-ri#-[ga du3-du3_ ...]
[...] mu#-s,u _ne_ u5-[ra-nu? ...]
[...] isz#-qip-pi _nita2_ u _munus_ ku# [...]
[...] x _zi_-szu2 [x ...]
[...] u2#-li-in _asz2-gar3#_ [...]
[...] x ma [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 442. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P401745) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P401745..

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