BAM 5, 456

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P399343

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399343.

Transliteration

[...] ra# [...]
[...] x ta-sak3 [...]
[...] x nim#? _zi3 sze-sa-a zi3 gig#?_ [...]
[...] _pa# nu-ur2-ma pa ge6-par7_ x [...]
[...] _DISZ?_-ma _had2-ra2 gaz_ ina _kasz_ tara-bak ina# [...]
[...] _uzu#-mesz_-szu2 _buru8_ u2 hi# x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 456. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P399343) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P399343..

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