RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 012 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P450279

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450279.

Transliteration

[...]-nu# a-na# [...]
[...] u3# szum-dul re#-[...]
[_...]-mesz#_-eri-ba _lugal kur_ asz#-szur# [...]
[...]-ra-mu man-na-a-a qu-e# [...]
[...] kal-di ak-szit,-ma ap-pa-ri-szu2#-[...]
[...] ina 1(disz) _kusz3 us2_ i-na tar-s,i [...]
[...] mah#-ri _ad-mesz_-ia# a#-na# [...]
[...] szit#-mu-ru sza i-na na#-[...]
[...] _e2-gal_ i#-ba#-[...]
[...]-hir#-ti-[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 012 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P450279) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P450279..

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