BAM 7, 011 l

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P398824

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398824.

Transliteration

[...] x x [...]
[... _]mug# szim-szal_ [...]
[... _]man#-du nu-luh-ha# [...]
[... _naga] si u2 nam-ti-la_ mar-has, sza2 [...]
[...] x nu _szur-min3 gir2 [x_ ...]
[...] har-har szi-mur-tu2 [x ...]
[...] _szesz lagab-munu4_ x [...]
[...] ar2-kan-nu [x ...]
[...] x igi [...]
[...] x _igi#_ [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — BAM 7, 011 l. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P398824) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P398824..

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