BAM 6, 581

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P425080

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425080.

Transliteration

_kur_-nu _dab#?-ba#?_ [...]
_ka-inim-ma_ [...]
_du3-du3-bi en2_ 3(disz)-szu2 [...]
_en2_ a-li-im MASZ TE A x [...]
_masz nu mu-un-ra-te_ [...]
[ana] _ugu#_ lam-s,a-te _szid_-nu x [...]
[...] ta-na-ak-ka#-[as ...]
[...] x [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 581. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P425080) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P425080..

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