RINAP 1 Tiglath-pileser III 50, ex. 001

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394576

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394576.

Transliteration

[un-qi a-na pat, gim-ri-sza2 ak-szud 2(u) _gun ku3-sig17_ ...] _nig2-gur11_ [... a-na _kur_ asz-szur u2-ra-a]
[un-qi a-na mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur u2-ter-ra] szu-ut _sag#_-[ia _en-nam ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-kun]
[ha-ta-rik-ka a-di sa-u2-e _kur_-i ]ka#-asz2-pu-u2-na sza a-ah tam-tim e-li-ti [s,i-mir-ra ar-qa-a]
[a-na mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur u2-ter-ra] 2(disz) szu-ut _sag_-ia _en-nam#-[mesz ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-kun]
[e2-ha-za-'i-i-li rap-szu2 a-na si-hir-ti-szu2 _ta_ lab]-na#-na a-di lib3-bi ga-al-'a-a#?-[di a-bi-il-szit,-t,i]
[sza pat-ti e2-hu-um-ri-a a-na mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur] u2-ter-ra szu-ut _sag_-ia# [_en-nam ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-kun]
[hi-ri-mu s,ur-ra-a-a sza it-ti ra-hi-a-ni isz-ku]-na# pi#-i#-szu2# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 1 Tiglath-pileser III 50, ex. 001. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394576) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394576..

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