BAM 6, 565

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398650

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398650.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
[...] _en2# ti-la_ szal# [...]
[...] _sze_ lit-bal at-ta man-nu [...]
[...] _nin-gesz-zi-da en_ sa-bi-i la#? [...]
[...] x sa [...]
[...] ra# hi#? [...]
[...] _szu#-si ka-gal_ sza2 _gub3 uh2 sud_ 3(disz)-szu2 _en2_ an#-[x ...]
[...] x hu-us, pag-ri szi-pat ba-la-t,i# [...]
[...] x _uzu sza3-zu dub#?_ [...]
[...] man#-nu mim-ma lem-nu x x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 565. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398650) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398650..

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