BAM 6, 572

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398664

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398664.

Transliteration

[... ina _kusz]-edin# sur_-ri x x [x]
[...] '# [x x x] _i3#_ hal-s,i u _kasz nag#_ [x]
[...] _zi3 sze_ ina _sza3_-szu2 _dub#? [x] _i3#-gesz szesz2_-su-ma _ti#_
[... _x]-min_ [x] ina _gig_
[...] _zi3#-kum hi-hi_ ina _a gazi sila11#_ [ina] _kusz#-edin sur gaba_-su u _masz-sila3-min_-szu2
[...] x-su _i3-gesz szesz2_-su#-ma _ti_
[... _]hur-sag har-har kur-kur_
[...] _a-zal-la-a _sumun-dar_
[...] 1(u) 6(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz disz_-nisz _sud2_
[...] x sza ma _ti_
[...] ha-sza2-ni _numun_ at-kam
[...] _du10-ga nu_ pa-tan _nag-mesz_-ma _ti_
[...] _masz#-sila3 la2_-ma ina-esz
[...] x sik-ru-ti
[...] x-ma _ti_

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 572. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398664) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398664..

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