BAM 5, 462

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400175

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400175.

Transliteration

[bul]-li#-t,a#-[ni ...]
_ka#-inim-ma_ szum4-ma# [...]
_kid3#-kid3-bi_ ina _igi#_ [...]
_nig2-na li_ ina# _ne#_ [...]
_kasz-sag bal_-qi2 tusz-ken szid-di# [...]
_na# bi nig2-na gi-izi-la2_ a#-[gub2-ba_ ...]
[ina] bi#-rit szid-di ina _ugu u2_ [...]
_[szu]_-su _il2_-szi _szid_-tu2 an-nit 3(disz)-szu2 _szid#_-[nu ...]
mim#-ma ma-la _sza3_-szu2 _dab_-tu4 [...]
[ki]-mil#-ti _1(u) 5(disz) du8_-su kisz-pu# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 462. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400175) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400175..

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