BAM 5, 474

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398678

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398678.

Transliteration

[x x x x x] _lugal#_ x _kal#-ga#_ [...]
_[asal]-lu2#-hi lu2-bi-da_ [...]
_zi# an-na he2-pa3 [zi ki-a he2-pa3_ ....]
_ka# inim-ma_ [...]
_du3#-du-bi sig2 sa5 sig2 babbar disz_-nisz _nu-[nu_ ...]
_pesz10-id2 uh2-id2 ka_ [...]
lip#-pi tala-pap 7(disz) u 7(disz) _kesz2-kesz2_ [...]
[x x] ma _szid_-u2 e-ma lip-pi _i3_ el-[lu ...]
[ina] _a2_-szu2 a-szar _gu7_-szu2 _kesz2_-szu2# [...]
[a]-na# _ugu# a2_-szu2 _szid_-nu [...]
[x x x x x] im-hur-asz-ra u2# [...]
[...] _kur-kur pesz10-id2#_ [...]
[... lip-pi] tala#-pap 7(disz) _kesz2#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 5, 474. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398678) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398678..

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