Position in chronology
RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 004 ?
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Transliteration
[...] _lugal_ la sza2-na-an re-e2-[...] [...]-lik# tap-pu-ut a-ki-i [...] [...]-pu# la-'i-it, la ma-gi-ri# [...] [...] _ugu#_ gi-mir a-szib pa-rak-[...] [_erin2 hi]-a_ elam-ma i-na [...] [...]-um#-ma-ni in-na-bit qe2-reb a-gam-me [...] [...] ud-ri sza i-na qit#-ru#-ub# [...] [...]-s,ir#-ti#-szu2 _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar#_ u2-nu-ut _ku3#-[x_ ...] [...]-a-ni ma-la ba-szu-u2 mut#-tab#-bi#-lu#-[...] [...] a-gam-me u3 ap-pa-ra#-a#-te# u2-ma-[...] [...] x [...]
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 004 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).
Attribution
Image: British Museum, London, UK (P450275) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450275..
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