BAM 6, 583

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398917

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398917.

Transliteration

[...] x [...]
ina _sza3 ne_ x ka ti ina _kusz_ x [...]
_DISZ gig_ ina _su na# e3-gin7_ t,e4-ru#-ti#!-szu2# _nigin_ u# [ti-ik-ka-szu2 _dab_ x]
kir-ba-nu _mu-ni DISZ gig_ ina _su na e3_ da#-[an pa-an _uzu-mesz_-szu2 _gar]_
u3 _kum2-kum2_-im _min min_ ana _zi_-szu2 _gur2-[gur2_ ...]
_gi du10-ga disz_-nisz _ara3#_-en _sim ki i3-udu#!_ x [...]
_[DISZ gig_ ina _su na] e3# ge6 sa5 igi-du8#_ [...]
[...] x _zi3 gu2-gal_
[...] x 1(u) 1(disz) _u2-hi-a szesz_
[... ina] _kusz#_-ma _ti_-ut,
[...] x _gaz# man di_
[...] x x

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 6, 583. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398917) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398917..

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