BAM 6, 511

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P424899

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424899.

Transliteration

_en2# apin_ s,u-bit# x [...]
gir-gisz-sza2 e ta-SAL# [...]
ti-i-ru _a-sza3_ e-ri-isz la-a ⌈x⌉ [...]
_a#-sza3_ it-ta-nu [...]
x i-sza2-ti i-ri la ip-szu-u2 [...]
sza#? id-ra-nu a-a u2-sze-s,a-[x ...]
[x] ti#? is, lim a-a ib-ba-ni-[x ...]
[...] gir-[gisz-szu ...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 511. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P424899) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P424899..

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