BAM 6, 545

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398537

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398537.

Transliteration

[...] as,#-ma [...]
[...] _ansze-kur-ra babbar_ ina#? [...]
[...] _kur-gi_ ina _ugu_ x [...]
[...] x _bal-gi sumun na4_ [...]
[...] an-nu-ti _igi_-lim# [...]
[...] _hab ukusz2-hab_ [x ...]
[...] kur-ka-nam x [...]
[...] _li illu_ [x ...]
[...] _gaz# sim ki_ ina _igi#?_ [...]
[...] _gaz#? sim_ ina _i3-gesz#?_ [...]
[...] x x ra#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 545. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398537) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398537..

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