BAM 5, 472

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P397325

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397325.

Transliteration

[...] ri [...]
[...] x _har-lum-ba-[szir_ ...]
[...] _i3#-gesz szesz2_-su-ma _ti_-[ut, ...]
[... _nam-lu2]-u18-lu illu li-tar# buluh#_ [...]
[...] ba-ri-rat _a-gar-gar masz-da3 uzu masz-da3_ [...]
[...] _si# dara3-masz 1(u) 4(disz) u2-mesz_ [...]
[...] _en2#_ [x x x x x] mu-szal-lim _e2-kur_ ana _ugu szid_-nu [...]
[...] []s,a-s,u-um-tu2 _kur-ra hur-sag igi_-lim [...]
[...] _sumun#-dar 7(disz) u2-mesz_ qu-ta-ru sza2 _szu gidim-ma_ [...]
_[pesz10-id2] uh2#-id2 a-gar-gar id2_ kur-ka-na-a _ninni5 si dara3-masz_ [...]
[...] _ukusz2-hab kur-ra illu buluh kur-kur_ ni#-[kip]-tu2# _gur2-gur2_ [...]
[...] _im sa5_ [...]
[... qu-ta-ru sza2 _szu] gidim-ma_ [...]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 472. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P397325) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P397325..

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